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NGC1141

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:55:9.7
Declination: -0:10:41
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, p of D neb
Sub-type: Ring A

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 1141 = NGC 1143, and NGC 1142 = NGC 1144.  This is a well-known 
interacting pair of galaxies, perhaps a collision.  Marth's description for
N1141 and N1142 fits, and his positions are just 30 arcminutes off.

He apparently was having an off night when he found this pair:  of the ten
objects that he discovered on that night in early October 1864, five have
large position errors, and another is a star.  The discussion of NGC 1474 has
more details.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1141

See observing notes for NGC 1143.