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NGC1103

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:48:6.0
Declination: -13:57:34
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, S, E, * 15 inv, * 11 f
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1103

17.5" (12/28/94): fairly faint, small, elongated 3:1 SW-NE.  Unusual appearance with a mag 12 star just at the NE end of this small streak.  Forms a pair with IC 1853 (noted as "extremely faint, very small") 2.0' SSW.