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NGC1002

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 2:38:55.7
Declination: +34:37:19
Constellation: TRI
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information


Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1881
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, vS, iR, bMN
Sub-type: SBb

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 1002 = NGC 983, which see.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1002 17.5" (11/27/92): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, larger brighter core, irregular surface brightness. Collinear with a mag 12.5 star 1.2' NE and a mag 13 star 2.8' NE.