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NGC1258

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:14:5.4
Declination: -21:46:28
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, pS, vlE, 12' n of h 2516
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1258

17.5" (11/10/96): faint, moderately large, elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE, low even surface brightness.  Appears ~1.5'x1.0' (slightly larger than listed dimensions).  In field with NGC 1256 13' SSW.