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NGC1013

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:37:50.4
Declination: -11:30:24
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eeF, vS, R, bet 2 dist D st
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1013

17.5" (12/28/94): faint, small, round, 30" diameter, weak concentration.  Located 8.8' SW of a mag 8.5 star (·288 = 8.9/11.9 at 12").  The galaxy is collinear with an elongated group of four mag 12-13 stars oriented SW-NE starting 6' SW.