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NGC1167

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 3:1:42.3
Declination: +35:12:21
Constellation: PER
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: vF, pL, R, spmbM
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1167 17.5" (1/1/92): fairly faint, moderately large, high surface brightness core with very faint larger halo slightly elongated WSW-ENE. A mag 10 star lies 4.0' S. UGC 2465 lies 13' WSW. Brightest in a group that includes UGC's 2435, 2465, 2466, 2491, 2494 and 2526 in the foreground of AGC 407.