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NGC1164

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:1:59.8
Declination: +42:35:8
Constellation: PER
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1828
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS
Sub-type: SBab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1164

17.5" (10/24/87): very faint, very small, round.  A mag 14 star is just 0.6' NNW of center and a mag 15 star is even closer at 0.4' NW.