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NGC642

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:39:6.2
Declination: -29:54:55
Constellation: SCL
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, R, gbM, * f, nr, f of 2
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 642

17.5" (12/20/95): brighter of a pair with NGC 639 1.7' SW.  Faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 ~N-S, ~1.2'x0.8' (fades into background so difficult to estimate PA and size), broad weak concentration.  A mag 13 star is just off the SE end 50" from center.