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NGC1699

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:56:59.5
Declination: -4:45:26
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Hunter
Year of discovery: 1860
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, pS, R, bet 2 st, n of 932
Sub-type: Sb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 1699.  See NGC 1619.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1699

17.5" (12/23/89): very faint, small, slightly elongated N-S, even surface brightness.  Located just 4' ENE of mag 7.8 SAO 131619 and bracketed by two mag 13 stars 1.8' SW and 1.1' NE of center.  Forms a pair with brighter NGC 1700 6.7' S.