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NGC1057

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:43:2.8
Declination: +32:29:30
Constellation: TRI
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stoney J.
Year of discovery: 1849
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, double
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 1057 is noted as double in the NGC.  It was seen this way several times by 
Lord Rosse and his observers.  It is actually an S0^+ galaxy with a double 
star superposed just northwest.  The position in the GSC for N1057 does not 
include the double star.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1057

24" (2/7/16): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 2:1 WNW-ESE, 0.7'x0.35', small brighter core.  The major axis points to NGC 1061 3.1' SE.

18" (1/26/11): very faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 0.7'x0.45', low even surface brightness.  Located 4.7' NW of NGC 1060 in a group with NGC 1061 3' SE.  NGC 1066 and NGC 1067 lies 10' E.