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NGC1228

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:8:11.7
Declination: -22:55:21
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, eS, R, gbM, p of 2
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1228

17.5" (11/10/96): faint, small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 0.8'x0.6'.  A mag 13 star is 50" S.  In a group with NGC 1229 2.2' S.  NGC 1230 lies 3.8' SSE, and IC 1892 8.6' SSE.