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NGC1231
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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.