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NGC1623

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:35:32.2
Declination: -13:33:23
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 15.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stone
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, R, gbMN
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1623

18" (1/21/04): very faint, extremely small, 15" diameter.  A very faint superimposed star or stellar nucleus was intermittently visible.  Member of AGC 496.  The identification or position in the RNGC is incorrect.