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NGC1076

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:43:29.1
Declination: -14:45:18
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, R, B * f 22s
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1076

17.5" (12/20/95): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 E-W, 1.5'x0.7', broad concentration with a large brighter core.  Located 5.4' W of mag 9.4 SAO 148572.