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NGC1697
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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.