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NGC1201
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:4:7.9
Declination: -26:4:8
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 10.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cB, pS, vlE, r, S * nr
Sub-type: E/S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1201
17.5" (11/26/94): fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 2:1 N-S, 1.6'x0.8', well concentrated. Dominated by a bright, very small round core and an almost stellar nucleus. Forms the southern vertex of an acute triangle with a mag 12 star off the NNW side 2.9' from center and a mag 10.5 star 3.8' NE of center.
8" (10/13/81): fairly bright, small, slightly elongated N-S, small bright core. A mag 11 star is 4' NE.