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NGC1658

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:44:1.1
Declination: -41:27:49
Constellation: CAE
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1837
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, pS, pmE, glbM
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1658

18" (1/17/09): picked up at 175x as a very faint glow, ~40"x25", extended NW-SE with careful viewing, low even surface brightness.  Forms a 3' pair with fainter NGC 1660 to the SE.  Located 5' NE of mag 10 HD 30203 and 45' NE of mag 4.5 Alpha Caeli.  Viewed at a very low elevation from Lake Sonoma.