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NGC1162

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:58:55.9
Declination: -12:23:54
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, R, glbM, stellar
Sub-type: E0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1162

17.5" (12/28/94): moderately bright, fairly small, round, 1.0' diameter, evenly concentrated with a small bright core and an quasi-stellar nucleus.  A mag 12.5 star is 3.7' S of center.