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NGC1266
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:16:0.7
Declination: -2:25:36
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, pS, * 13 sp 2'
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1266
17.5" (1/7/89): faint, small, oval 3:2 ~E-W, even surface brightness. A mag 13.5 star is 1.5' WSW.