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NGC1281

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:20:6.3
Declination: +41:37:47
Constellation: PER
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Dreyer
Year of discovery: 1876
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, * 11 p 1'
Sub-type: E5

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1281

17.5" (10/24/87): faint, small, elongated WSW-ENE.  Located in the central core of AGC 426 1.0' NE of a mag 10 star.  NGC 1275 lies 7.8' SSW.