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NGC1223

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:8:19.9
Declination: -4:8:19
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R, gbMN, p of 2
Sub-type: cD

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1223

17.5" (1/7/89): second and brightest of a trio with NGC 1221 8' SSW and NGC 1225 7' E.  Faint, small, round, bright core.  The identifications of NGC 1223 and NGC 1225 are reversed in the RNGC and U2000.