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NGC1659
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 4:46:30.0
Declination: -4:47:19
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 12.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pF, pS, iE 90° ±, bM
Sub-type: Sbc
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 1659 = NGC 1677, which see.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1659
13.1" (12/18/82): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated SW-NE.