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NGC1688

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:48:23.5
Declination: -59:48:0
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pB, pL, iR, pgmbM
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1688

13.1" (2/19/04 - Costa Rica): fairly faint to moderately bright, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, 1.5'x1.0', broad weak concentration but no other details were evident.  This barred spiral is located 38' SE of NGC 1672 38' NW with NGC 1703 34' E.  Located 30' ESE of mag 5.3 Kappa Doradus.