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NGC1088

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:47:3.9
Declination: +16:12:1
Constellation: ARI
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, iF
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1088

17.5" (11/10/96): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 0.8'x0.5'.  Faint stellar nucleus at moments.  A mag 13.5 star is 1.2' NW.  The main body appears elongated E-W on the POSS.  Perhaps the elongation I noticed was caused by a superimposed companion at the NE end.  IC 255 lies 5' N (not seen).