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NGC1072
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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.