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NGC1601
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 4:31:41.7
Declination: -5:3:35
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stoney J.
Year of discovery: 1849
Discovery aperture: 72.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1601
17.5" (2/1/92): very faint, extremely small, round, very small bright core. Faintest of a close trio with NGC 1600 1.6' S and NGC 1603 2.9' SE.