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NGC1163

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 3:0:22.0
Declination: -17:9:10
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational


Summary description: vF, pS, mE 75°
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1163 17.5" (11/18/95): very faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 NW-SE, 1.0'x0.3' (full length of extensions not seen), low even surface brightness.