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NGC1116

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 2:50:35.8
Declination: +13:20:6
Constellation: ARI
Visual Magnitude: 14.3

Historic Information


Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational


Summary description: vF
Sub-type: Sab

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 1116. See NGC 1109.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1116 17.5" (11/28/97): very faint, small, elongated 3:1 SW-NE, 0.6'x0.2', very small brighter core. Forms a pair with NGC 1115 4.8' SSW.