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NGC1607

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 4:32:3.1
Declination: -4:27:38
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information


Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1881
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational


Summary description: F, S, R, lbM
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1607 17.5" (2/1/92): very faint, small, round, low even surface brightness. Located 4.5' S of mag 7.9 SAO 131272. Member of the NGC 1600 group with NGC 1599 10' SW and NGC 1609 10' NE.