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NGC1238

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:10:52.6
Declination: -10:44:51
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, R, II 900 nf
Sub-type: E3

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1238

17.5" (12/28/94): fairly faint, small, round, very small bright core.  Contains a faint stellar nucleus or possibly a faint star is superimposed.  Forms the west vertex of an obtuse isosceles triangle with a mag 13 star 2.4' SE and a mag 14 star 2.3' NNE of center.  IC 1897, just 3.3' SW, appeared faint, small, round, weak concentration.  A mag 13 star is 1.5' S.  