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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

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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.