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NGC1007

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:37:52.2
Declination: +2:9:20
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 15.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, stellar
Sub-type: P

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1007

18" (11/18/06): very faint, extremely small, round, 12" diameter.  Located 7.2' WNW of NGC 1016 and 2.7' S of a mag 9.5 star.  This is the faintest NGC galaxy in the cluster.

17.5" (10/17/87): extremely faint and small, round.  A mag 9 star (SAO 110651) lies 2.8' N.  Located 4.6' NNW of NGC 1008 within the NGC 1016 cluster.