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NGC1091

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:45:22.3
Declination: -17:32:0
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, sbMN
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1091

17.5" (11/26/94): very faint, very small, elongated 4:3 WSW-ENE, 0.7'x0.5', no concentration.  A mag 11.5 star is 2.4' NNW of center.  Forms a close pair with NGC 1092 1.8' ESE.  Member of HCG 21 with NGC 1098 10' SW, NGC 1100 10' S and NGC 1099 11' S.