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NGC1230
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:8:16.3
Declination: -22:59:2
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 14.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3
Observational
Summary description: ? F *
Sub-type: SB0/P
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1230
17.5" (11/10/96): faintest in a group with NGC 1228, NGC 1229 and IC 1892. Only glimpsed momentarily using Vicker's CCD Atlas. Appears extremely faint and small, 10" diameter with possible extensions to 20". Located 3.8' SSE of NGC 1228 and 1.9' SE of NGC 1230. IC 1892 lies 5' further SE.