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NGC1189

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:3:24.2
Declination: -15:37:23
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: SBcd

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1189

17.5" (10/13/90): extremely faint, fairly small, unusually low even surface brightness.  First of seven in the NGC 1199 group (HCG 22) with NGC 1199 4' ENE and NGC 1189 2.3' SSE.