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NGC1263

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 3:15:39.5
Declination: -15:5:54
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information


Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, lE, sbM
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1263 17.5" (12/30/99): extremely faint and small, round, 15" diameter. Requires averted to glimpse. Once or twice the small halo disappeared and an extremely faint stellar nucleus was momentarily visible.