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NGC1175

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:4:32.3
Declination: +42:20:25
Constellation: PER
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, cL, E
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 1175.  See NGC 1176 and NGC 1177.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1175

17.5" (10/24/87): moderately bright, fairly small, edge-on 3:1 NW-SE, bright core, faint stellar nucleus.  Forms a close pair with NGC 1177 2' NE.  Located 10' SE of mag 7.5 SAO 38540.  Located at the western edge of AGC 426.

13" (1/18/85): fairly faint, elongated NNW-SSE, fairly small, larger brighter core, diffuse outer arms, possible faint stellar nucleus.  Located SE of a mag 7 star.  Forms a close pair with NGC 1177 1.7' NE.