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NGC1229

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:8:10.8
Declination: -22:57:38
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, eS, R, gbM, f of 2
Sub-type: SBb/P

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1229

17.5" (11/10/96): very faint, very small, round, 0.4' diameter.  Located 2.2' S of brighter NGC 1228 in a group with NGC 1230 1.9' SE and IC 1892.  A mag 13.5 star lies 1.4' N on a line to NGC 1228.