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NGC1051

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:41:2.2
Declination: -6:56:8
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1880
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, lE npsf, * att np
Sub-type: Sm

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 1051 = NGC 961 = IC 249.  See NGC 961 and IC 249 for the stories.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1051

17.5" (12/28/94): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 5:2 SW-NE, 1.2'x0.5', no concentration.  Very unusual appearance as a mag 12 star is attached at the northeast end 35" from the center and the galaxy appears to hang from the star.  Forms the east vertex of a triangle with two mag 10 stars 6.7' NW and 5.2' WSW.