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NGC1636

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:40:40.2
Declination: -8:36:28
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, R, vgbM, r, * nf 1'
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1636

17.5" (1/23/93): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 N-S, 1.0'x0.6', slightly brighter along major axis.  A mag 13.5 star is off the NE edge 1.0' from center.  Located 6.0' NW of a mag 10 star.