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NGC1215
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:7:9.6
Declination: -9:35:34
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 14.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, vS, R
Sub-type: Sa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1215
48" (10/30/16): at 375x and 488x; fairly bright, fairly large, sharply concentrated with a very bright elongated core SSW-NNE that increases to a stellar nucleus. Surrounded by a fairly large, low surface brightness oval halo ~1.2'x0.9'. Forms a close pair with MCG -02-08-054 = HCG 23E just under 1' NNE. It appeared faint or fairly faint, small, very elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE, ~20"x8".
17.5" (10/20/90): faint, small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, well defined small bright core, faint extensions. Member of the NGC 1208 group and HCG 23 with NGC 1214 4' NW and NGC 1216 2' SE.