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NGC1004
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:37:41.7
Declination: +1:58:32
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 12.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1880
Discovery aperture: 31.0
Observational
Summary description: pF, vS, R, vmbM, * 11 p 2s
Sub-type: E1
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1004
18" (11/18/06): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 0.5'x0.4', weak concentration. A mag 12 star is attached at the west edge of the halo. Observation through thin clouds.
18" (10/21/06): fairly faint, small, round, bright nearly stellar nucleus. A mag 12 star is barely off the WSW edge. Located 13' SW of NGC 1016 on the west side of the cluster.
17.5" (10/8/94): faint, very small, round, 0.5' diameter. A mag 12 star is just off the WSW edge 25" from the center. Forms a pair with NGC 1008 7.1' NE at the SW end of the NGC 1016 cluster.
17.5" (10/17/87): fairly faint, very small, round, small bright core. A mag 12 star is just 25" WSW of the center. Member of the NGC 1016 cluster with NGC 1008 8' NNE and NGC 1016 13' NE.