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NGC1621

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:36:25.0
Declination: -4:59:12
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R, lbM
Sub-type: E4

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 1621 = NGC 1626, which see.  Also see NGC 1619.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1621

17.5" (1/23/93): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated 4:3 E-W, increases to small bright core.  Located 3.5' SE of a mag 10.5 star.  NGC 1627 lies 20' ENE.