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NGC1028
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:39:37.1
Declination: +10:50:36
Constellation: ARI
Visual Magnitude: 14.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: eF
Sub-type: SBc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1028
24" (1/12/13): at 375x appeared faint, elongated ~5:3 SSW-NNE, 25"x15", low surface brightness though seems slightly uneven or patchy like a face-on spiral. Faintest in the KTG 9 triplet with NGC 1029 3' S and NGC 1024 (brightest) 6' W.
17.5" (11/26/94): extremely faint, small, elongated 4:3 SSW-NNE, 0.6'x0.4'. A mag 14 star is 1.4' N and a mag 12 star lies 1.7' SW. Faintest of trio and located 3.0' N of NGC 1029 and 6.1' E of NGC 1024.