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NGC1100

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:45:35.9
Declination: -17:41:19
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, lE, bMN, 3rd of 3
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1100

17.5" (11/26/94): faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 WSW-ENE, weak concentration.  Similar appearance as NGC 1099 4.5' WSW.  A mag 14 star is off the SE side 1.7' from the center and a mag 13 star is 2.3' NNE.  About 9' N is pair of faint galaxies; NGC 1091 = HCG 21E and NGC 1092 = HCG 21D.