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NGC1286

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:17:48.5
Declination: -7:36:59
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, eS, R, 4 B st s
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1286

18" (11/23/05): fairly faint, small, round, 25" diameter, very small bright core.  A mag 15 star is just of the west side, ~40" from the center.  Located 4.9' ENE of mag 9.7 SAO 130402 and 3.4' NNW of a mag 10.4 star.