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NGC1069

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:42:59.9
Declination: -8:17:20
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, pS, R, * 8.5 nr f
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1069

17.5" (11/26/94): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, 1.4'x0.7', slightly brighter core.  A mag 12 star lies 2.2' NE.  Located 4.9' W of mag 8.8 SAO 130077 at the east edge of the NGC 1052 group.