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NGC1020
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:38:44.3
Declination: +2:13:52
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 14.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, vS
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1020
18" (11/18/06): faint, small, elongated 2:1 N-S, 0.6'x0.35', sharply concentrated with a very small bright core surrounded by a low surface brightness halo. Forms a very close pair with NGC 1021 1.2' SE.
18" (10/21/06): faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 N-S, 0.7'x0.25', very faint stellar nucleus or a faint star is superimposed at the center. Located 9' NE of NGC 1016 on the NE side of the cluster. Forms a pair with NGC 1021 1' SE.
17.5" (10/17/87): very faint, very small, oval ~N-S, weak concentration. Forms a close pair with NGC 1021 1.2' SE in the NGC 1016 cluster.