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NGC1012

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:39:14.7
Declination: +30:9:5
Constellation: ARI
Visual Magnitude: 12.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, pS, iR, bM, st inv
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1012

17.5" (11/27/92): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 ~N-S, broad concentration.  Unusual appearance as a mag 13.5 star is embedded just east of the core.