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NGC1706
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 4:52:31.1
Declination: -62:59:10
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1837
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: F, pS, R, vglbM
Sub-type: Sab
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1706
14" (4/7/16 - Coonabarabran, 184x): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated NW-SE, 40"x35", weak concentration, slightly brighter core. Mag 11 stars lie 5' SSW and 7' S. A mag 11.8 star is 3.6' NE. A companion attached to the northern spiral arm was not seen. The SGC notes this galaxy is similar to the LMC, although it was too low and faint to see structure.
ESO 085-014, situated 19' NE, appeared fairly faint, elongated 3:1 WSW-ENE, 45"x15", low surface brightness. Situated just 2.7' W of mag 8.0 HD 31875. A mag 12/13 pair at 7" is 1.6' SE.