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NGC1148

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 2:57:4.3
Declination: -7:41:8
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 14.9

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: eF, pS, R, v diffic, np of 2
Sub-type: Sd

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1148 17.5" (12/28/94): very faint, fairly small, round, low surface brightness, no concentration. A mag 15 star appears superimposed at the NE side. Forms a pair with NGC 1152 8.5' SE. Located 9' ESE of mag 8.7 SAO 130198. Appears fainter than V = 12.7.