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NGC1138
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:56:36.3
Declination: +43:2:50
Constellation: PER
Visual Magnitude: 12.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, R, gbM, 2 S st Δ
Sub-type: SB0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1138
17.5" (10/24/87): fairly faint, small, round, bright core, faint stellar nucleus. Forms an equilateral triangle with a mag 13 star 0.9' S and a mag 12.5 star 0.9' SE.