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NGC1244

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:6:31.0
Declination: -66:46:33
Constellation: HOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, S, pmE, gbM
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1244

24" (4/5/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 260x appeared as a moderately bright, fairly large edge-on N-S, ~2.0'x0.4'.  Exhibits only a broad, weak concentration to a slightly brighter core.  Forms a 10' pair with NGC 1246 to the SSE.