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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

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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.