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NGC128
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:29:14.9
Declination: +2:51:54
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 11.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, pS, lE 2°, bM
Sub-type: S0/P
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 128 is the prototype of the edgewise early-type galaxy with a "box/peanut"
central bulge. See e.g. the entry in the "notngc" files under "NGC 7556
companion" for another example.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 128
18" (12/3/05): moderately bright and large, very elongated 7:2 N-S, 1.4'x0.4', sharply concentrated with a very bright core that gradually increases to a stellar nucleus. The N-S extensions fade out and taper towards the tips. Flanked on either side of the northern extension by two close companions, NGC 127 and NGC 130, less than 1' NW and 1' NE.
17.5" (10/8/88): moderately bright, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 N-S, bright core, stellar nucleus. Brightest in a group of five with two extremely close companions: NGC 127 0.8' NW and NGC 130 1.0' ENE. NGC 125 lies 6' WSW.
13" (11/5/83): fairly bright, fairly small, spindle N-S.
8" (8/16/82): faint, small, elongated N-S.