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NGC1720

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:59:20.5
Declination: -7:51:33
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1861
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: pF, pL, lbM, h 341 nr
Sub-type: SBab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1720

13.1" (12/18/82): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated E-W.  Forms a pair with NGC 1726 7' NE.  Located 4.8' S of mag 8.1 SAO 131659.