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NGC1666

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 4:48:32.8
Declination: -6:34:10
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, pS, R
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1666 13.1" (1/18/85): faint, small, round, faint stellar nucleus. Forms a wide pair with NGC 1667 15' N.