NGC 1600
DSS image of NGC 1600
Overlaid DSS image of NGC 1600, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around NGC 1600

Type  Galaxy
Magnitude  11.9
Size  3.1' x 2.5' @ 10°
Right Ascension  4h 31' 39.9"  (2000)
Declination  5° 5' 10" S
Constellation  Eridanus
Description  pB, pL, R, gmbM
Classification  E2
Observing Notes

Andrew Cooper
Dec 28, 2019    Kaʻohe, Mauna Kea, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

Good sized, bright, round, 3' in size, bright core, NGC1601 on the northern margin, NGC1603 just 2' east, a rough line of 11-12 magnitude stars about 2' west running north to south

Andrew Cooper
Jan 9, 2016    Kaʻohe, Mauna Kea, HI (map)
28cm f/10 SCT, NexStar 11" GyPSy @ 233x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

Small, faint, round, 1' in diameter, stellar core, the very dim galaxy NGC1601 about 2' north
Other Data Sources for NGC 1600
Associated objects for NGC 1600
Nearby objects for NGC 1600
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NGC 1600