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NGC1277

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:19:51.4
Declination: +41:34:27
Constellation: PER
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Parsons L.
Year of discovery: 1875
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, np II 603
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1277

17.5" (10/24/87): faint, very small, oval ~E-W, small bright core.  Located in the central core of AGC 426 3.7' N of NGC 1275 and forms a close pair with NGC 1278 0.8' SE.

13" (1/28/84): very faint, extremely small.  Located 0.8' NW of NGC 1278.