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NGC1681

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:51:50.1
Declination: -5:48:11
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1878
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, vlbM
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1681

17.5" (12/23/89): fairly faint, small, round, bright core.  A mag 12 star is at the west edge 0.8' from center and a mag 12.5 star is 1.2' E.