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NGC1291
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:17:18.3
Declination: -41:6:26
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 8.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: globular, vB, pL, R, mbM, er
Sub-type: SB0-a
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 1291 is also NGC 1269, which see.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1291
17.5" (8/31/86): very bright, fairly large, contains a very bright, large core. A mag 12 star is just off the north end 1.7' from the center. Mag 8 SAO 216239 lies 11' SSW. Viewed at only 10¡ elevation.
13" (10/10/86): very bright, moderately large, round, very bright core, almost stellar nucleus, large faint halo. A star is involved on the NW side.