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NGC706

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:51:50.7
Declination: +6:17:46
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, S, bM, * 13 n 1'
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 706

17.5" (12/18/89): fairly faint, fairly small, almost round, almost even surface brightness but faint stellar nucleus seen at moments.  A mag 13 star is 1.0' N of center.  NGC 693 lies 22' SW.