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NGC1261
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:12:15.3
Declination: -55:12:59
Constellation: HOR
Visual Magnitude: 8.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: globular, B, L, R, rr
Sub-type: II
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1261
18" (7/8/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): bright, symmetric globular, ~5' diameter, with a large very bright condensed core (concentration class II). A mag 9 star lies 3.6' NE of the center, just outside the halo. At 171x, the halo is just resolved into a large number of faint stars.
20" (7/8/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 212x, the resolution was a bit better in the halo than with the 18", but the blazing core was still unresolved.