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NGC1697

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:48:36.4
Declination: -68:33:29
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: globular, pB, L, R, rr
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1697

30" (11/6/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): bright, fairly large, round, large bright core, very mottled but not resolved except for a few sparklers that are visible for moments.  A mag 10.6 star lies 2.5' SE.  Located 11' E of mag 7.2 HD 30969.