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NGC1098
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:44:53.6
Declination: -17:39:34
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 12.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3
Observational
Summary description: F, vS, R, bMN, 1st of 3
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1098
17.5" (11/26/94): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 E-W, 1.2'x0.8', small bright core, stellar nucleus with direct vision. Located 5.2' SSW of mag 8.1 SAO 148582! First in HCG 21 with NGC 1099 6.4' SE, NGC 1100 10.1' ESE, NGC 1091 10.2' NE and NGC 1092 11.1' NE.