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NGC1608

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:32:6.1
Declination: +0:34:4
Constellation: TAU
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Parsons L.
Year of discovery: 1876
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: pF, eS, * 12 m 2' n
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 1608 = NGC 1593 = IC 2077.  See NGC 1593.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1608

17.5" (2/11/96): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 1.0'x0.6'.  Contains a 30" brighter core with fainter extensions.  A mag 12.5 star lies 1.8' N of center.  Located 22' ESE of NGC 1587/88 pair.