NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC1079
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:43:44.5
Declination: -29:0:10
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 11.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: B, pL, pmE, sbM
Sub-type: SB0-a/P
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1079
13.1" (10/10/86): moderately bright, fairly large, elongated 2:1 E-W, bright core, faint stellar nucleus, faint elongated halo.