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NGC1221

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:8:15.6
Declination: -4:15:35
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, E 170°, * s
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1221

17.5" (1/7/89): very faint, very small, round.  A mag 13 star is 1.2' SE.  FIrst of three with NGC 1223 8' NNE and NGC 1225 15' NE.  Also IC 1886 lies 10' SSW.  All four galaxies are visible in a 35' field.