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NGC161

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:35:33.9
Declination: -2:50:54
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, eS, R, nearly bet 2 st
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 161.  See IC 1557.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 161

24" (11/24/14): fairly faint, fairly small, oval 4:3 SSW-NNE, fairly high surface brightness.  Contains a small bright nucleus that increases to a stellar point.  A mag 12 star is 1.2' N and a mag 12.5 star is 2' SSW.  Forms a close pair with IC 1557 1.7' S.  Located 6' SE of mag 8.8 HD 3205.

17.5" (10/8/88): faint, small, round, small bright core.  Bracketed by two mag 12 stars 1.2' N and 1.5' S.