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NGC1255

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:13:32.0
Declination: -25:43:28
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 10.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Barnard
Year of discovery: 1883
Discovery aperture: 6.0

Observational

Summary description: F, pL, F * close p
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1255

13.1" (10/10/86): moderately bright, large, fairly diffuse, weak concentration, elongated NW-SE.  A mag 12 star is 2.0' SW of center.