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NGC1072

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:43:31.3
Declination: +0:18:25
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, R, sev vF st inv
Sub-type: SBb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 1072 = IC 1837, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1072

18" (1/15/07): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 ~N-S, ~0.9'x0.5'.  Contains a moderately bright roundish core with much fainter extensions N-S.  A mag 11 star lies 3.9' NNW and a pair of mag 11/13 stars at 14" is 4.7' SE.  Located 23' NE of M77.  

17.5" (11/14/87): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 ~N-S, bright core.  Located 23' NNE of M77.  

13" (9/3/83): very faint, thin, very elongated SSW-NNE.