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NGC1047

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:40:32.8
Declination: -8:8:50
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, pS, R, v diffic
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1047

17.5" (11/26/94): very faint, fairly small, slightly elongated 4:3 E-W, diffuse with only a very weak concentration, no distinct core.  A mag 11.5 star is 3.9' S.  Located 10.2' NW of NGC 1052 and 15.8' E of NGC 1035 in the NGC 1052 group.