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NGC1082

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:45:41.2
Declination: -8:10:48
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, pS, lE
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1082

17.5" (12/20/95): faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 ~E-W, 0.8'x0.6'.  Fairly sharp concentration with a well-defined 20" core.  A mag 12.5 star lies 2.4' N of center.