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NGC1196

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:3:35.2
Declination: -12:4:33
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, sp of 2
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1196

17.5" (10/20/90): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 WNW-ESE, well-defined bright core.  A mag 13 star is 1.7' N and a mag 12 star is 3' SSE.  Second of four in the NGC 1200 compact group with NGC 1195 2.2' N.