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NGC1585

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:27:33.0
Declination: -42:9:54
Constellation: CAE
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1837
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pF, S, R, gbM, * 12, 287°.8
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1585

18" (12/30/08): at 175x appeared fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated N-S, ~35"x30", very small brighter core.  A mag 12.6 star is attached to the west edge and three mag 10 stars lies within 6'.  Located 14' SSW of mag 6.5 HD 28552.  IC 2068 is in the field 11' NW.