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NGC1063

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:42:9.9
Declination: -5:34:6
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1881
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, iR, r ?
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1063

17.5" (11/28/97): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 ~E-W, 0.8'x0.5', low even surface brightness.  Preceded by a wide pair of mag 11/13 stars ~4' W.