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NGC1211

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 3:6:52.4
Declination: -0:47:39
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information


Discoverer: Safford
Year of discovery: 1867
Discovery aperture: 18.5

Observational


Summary description: pB, vS, R, mbMN = * 9ยท10
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1211 17.5" (1/7/89): moderately bright, fairly small, very faint outer halo, sharp concentration, round. Two mag 13 stars lie 2.1' ESE and 2.2' ENE oriented N-S with a separation of 1.1'.