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NGC1177
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:4:37.2
Declination: +42:21:46
Constellation: PER
Visual Magnitude: 14.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Parsons L.
Year of discovery: 1874
Discovery aperture: 72.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, R, nf II 607
Sub-type: S
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 1177 = IC 281. N1177 was found by Lord Rosse, and clearly measured by him
with respect to N1175. The NGC position is good, and LdR also mentions the
brighter star 32 arcsec northeast of N1177. However, this has not prevented
Swift from claiming the galaxy as one of his discoveries, so it has an IC
number as well as its original NGC number.
Bigourdan claimed to have found four "novae" in the field (N1173, 76, 78, and
83; see N1173 and N1176 for more), but three are clearly stars (the fourth,
N1173, may be too, but I wonder if Bigourdan misidentified his comparison star
for it; see N1173 for more). In spite of his four "discoveries," Bigourdan
had trouble seeing N1177. He observed N1175 on two nights, could not find
N1177 on the first of those, and saw it only vaguely on the second, commenting
that the light of the brighter star mentioned by LdR prevented him from
measuring it.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1177
17.5" (10/24/87): very faint, very small, slightly elongated ~E-W. A mag 13 star is just 33" N of center. Located 1.7' NE of NGC 1175 at the western edge of AGC 426.