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NGC1609

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:32:45.0
Declination: -4:22:19
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, eS, * 17 45" n
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1609

17.5" (2/1/92): faint, small, dominated by small bright core, fairly bright stellar nucleus, small faint extensions NNW-SSE.  A mag 14 star is 40" NW.  Located in the NGC 1600 group with NGC 1607 10' SW and NGC 1611 7' NE.