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NGC1683

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:52:17.5
Declination: -3:1:27
Constellation: ORI
Visual Magnitude: 14.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stoney J.
Year of discovery: 1850
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, R
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1683

17.5" (12/23/89): extremely faint, very small, low even surface brightness.  Among an elongated group of mag 14 stars including a wide pair 1.5' W and a wide pair 2' NW.  Located 5' N of NGC 1682 and faintest in a group of four including NGC 1684 and NGC 1685.