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NGC1077

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 2:46:0.6
Declination: +40:5:24
Constellation: PER
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: vF, pL, E
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1077 17.5" (12/23/92): faint, small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, almost even fairly low surface brightness. Forms a double system with NGC 1077b = MCG +07-06-068 at 0.5' ENE (not seen).