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NGC1096

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:43:49.3
Declination: -59:54:50
Constellation: HOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, pS, R, glbM
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1096

14" (4/7/16 - Coonabarabran, 184x): very faint, fairly small, slightly elongated SW-NE, 35"x25", fairly even surface brightness.  Mag 9.8 HD 17288 is 9' SSE (along with two nearby mag 12/13 stars).  Viewed through thin clouds.