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NGC1139

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:52:46.7
Declination: -14:31:44
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 14.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, gbMN
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1139

17.5" (11/10/96): very faint, small, round, 30" diameter, low even surface brightness.  Appeared fainter than V = 13.3 and required averted vision to see with certainty using GSC chart.  A mag 15.5 double star is 1' SW (verified on GSC).  MCG -03-38-037 lies 6.1' WSW (not seen).