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NGC1600
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 4:31:39.9
Declination: -5:5:14
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 10.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, pL, R, gmbM
Sub-type: E3
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 1600. See NGC 1610.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1600
17.5" (2/1/92): bright, moderately large, elongated 4:3 N-S, broadly concentrated halo, almost stellar nucleus. Brightest in a large group with NGC 1601 1.6' N, NGC 1603 2.6' ESE and NGC 1606 7' NE. Other members include NGC 1599, NGC 1604, NGC 1607, NGC 1609, NGC 1611, NGC 1612, NGC 1613 and IC 373. Located 12' SE of mag 7.8 SAO 131262 12' NW and 15' ESE of mag 9 SAO 131258.
13" (12/18/82): fairly bright, small, round, broad concentration.