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NGC1906

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:24:47.1
Declination: -15:56:34
Constellation: LEP
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, pS, E 0°, glbM
Sub-type: Scd

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1906

17.5" (12/3/88): fairly faint, fairly small, oval 3:2 NW-SE, even surface brightness.  A mag 12.5 star is just off the SE edge 1.6' from center.