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NGC1021
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:38:47.9
Declination: +2:13:2
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 14.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, S
Sub-type: Sbc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1021
18" (11/18/06): extremely faint, small, slightly elongated, 25"x20", low surface brightness with no concentration. Forms a close pair with brighter NGC 1020 1.2' NW.
18" (10/21/06): very faint, small, elongated 4:3 ~N-S, 0.5'x0.35', low even surface brightness. Fainter member of a close pair with NGC 1020 1' NW.
17.5" (10/17/87): extremely faint, very small, oval ~N-S, diffuse. Forms a close pair with NGC 1020 1.2' NW in the NGC 1016 cluster.