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NGC1696

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:48:30.0
Declination: -68:14:35
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, E, vlbM
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1696

30" (11/6/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 30" diameter.  Bracketed by two stars; a mag 15 star 25" NW of center and a mag 15 star 38" SE of center.  Located 19' SW of mag 6.8 HD 31532.