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NGC1187

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:2:37.6
Declination: -22:52:2
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 10.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pF, cL, pmE, gbM * 16, r
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1187

17.5" (11/26/94): moderately bright, fairly large, 4'x3' NW-SE.  Elongated in the direction of mag 8.8 SAO 168248, which is 4.7' NW of center.  Broad concentration to an ill-defined core which contains a faint but distinct stellar nucleus.

8" (10/13/81): faint, fairly large, elongated, diffuse.  Located 4.7' SE of a mag 9 star.