NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
(This is a very very beta version)
NGC1031
![](Images/negative_NGC1031-ngcicproject.jpg)
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:36:38.6
Declination: -54:51:32
Constellation: HOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: F, S, R, gbM, * 11 s 2'
Sub-type: SBa
Steve's Notes
=====
NGC 1031
30" (11/4/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): fairly bright, fairly large, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, gradually increases to a small bright core and stellar nucleus. A mag 11.5 star lies 3.3' NNE. Forms a pair with fainter NGC 1025 2.7' W. Located 15' W of h3520 = 7.6/8.8 at 21" and 40' SW of mag 5.2 Zeta Hor.