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NGC1231

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:6:29.3
Declination: -15:34:9
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, pL, E (? neb)
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1231

17.5" (1/12/02): extremely faint, very small, round, 0.4' diameter.  A mag 15 star is just off the SSW edge of the halo, 30" from the center.  Located 6.8' NE of NGC 1209.  Due to a poor position by Leavenworth, this galaxy is classified as nonexistent in the RNGC.