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NGC1270

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:18:58.1
Declination: +41:28:13
Constellation: PER
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R
Sub-type: E2

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1270

17.5" (10/24/87): faint, very small, slightly elongated ~N-S, small bright core.  Located in the central core of AGC 426 with NGC 1267 2.6' W, NGC 1268 2.7' WNW and NGC 1272 4.4' ENE.

13" (1/28/84): faint, small, weak concentration.  Last of four in a small group in the core of AGC 426 with NGC 1267 2.5' W.