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NGC1680

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:48:33.7
Declination: -47:49:0
Constellation: PIC
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, r or st inv
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1680

14" (4/7/16 - Coonabarabran, 184x): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:3 WNW-ESE, 30"x18", even surface brightness.  A mag 14.5 star is 25" S of center, just off the edge.  A mag 10.5 star lies 8' WNW and a few mag 10/11 stars are in the field to the southwest.