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NGC1188

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:3:43.4
Declination: -15:29:5
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, R, p h 286
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1188

17.5" (10/13/90): faint, small, elongated 3:1 N-S.  NGC 1199 lies 8' S.  This galaxy is the farthest northern galaxy in the NGC 1199 cluster (HCG 22), but is not a HCG 22 member.  Incorrectly listed as nonexistent in the RNGC.