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NGC1652

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:38:22.9
Declination: -68:40:23
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

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

Observational

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

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 1652 is probably also NGC 1649, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1652

30" (11/6/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): moderately bright, moderately large, round, slightly elongated, 1.0'x0.8', broad concentration but azonal, symmetrical, no resolution.  Located 8.4' NNE of mag 8.1 HD 29994.  NGC 1649 lies 6.5' SSW and NGC 1676 lies 31' ESE.