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NGC681
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:49:10.8
Declination: -10:25:38
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 12.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pF, cL, R, glbM, S * p 90"
Sub-type: SBab
Steve's Notes
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NGC 681
17.5" (9/26/92): fairly faint, fairly small, irregularly round, weak concentration, faint stellar nucleus. A mag 13 star is at the NW edge of the halo. Just SW is a perfect rhombus asterism consisting of four mag 13 stars with sides 1.5' with an additional mag 14 star just east of the rhombus. MCG -02-05-053 lies 22' N. On images, this galaxy has a striking resemblance to the Sombrero Galaxy, although the dust lane was not noticed.
13" (12/22/84): moderately bright, elongated ~E-W, diffuse edges, weak concentration, small bright nucleus. A mag 12.5 star is at the west edge.