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NGC1254

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:14:23.8
Declination: +2:40:40
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, stellar
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1254

17.5" (10/24/87): faint, very small, slightly elongated SW-NE, small bright core, faint stellar nucleus.  Equidistant between mag 8.7 SAO 111066 5' SSW and mag 8.4 SAO 111068 5' NE.