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NGC1629

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:29:37.0
Declination: -71:50:18
Constellation: HYI
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, pL, R, glbM
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1629

24" (11/18/12 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): fairly faint, moderately large, round, 0.8'-1.0' diameter.  A couple of mag 16-16.5 stars are resolved around the edges.