NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

(This is a very very beta version)

NGC1248

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 3:12:48.4
Declination: -5:13:29
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: cF, S, lE, bM, * 9 n 5'
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1248 17.5" (1/7/89): fairly faint, small, round, small bright core, possible stellar nucleus. Located 5.5' S of mag 8.3 SAO 130357.