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NGC1701

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:55:51.1
Declination: -29:53:1
Constellation: CAE
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, S, vlE, glbM, * 10, 75" sf
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1701

17.5": faint, fairly small, irregularly round, 45" diameter.  Weakly concentrated with no well-defined core.  A mag 11 star is close off the SE side (1.3' from center) and detracts slightly.  A very faint pair of mag 15 stars at 18" separation is less than 2' S.