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NGC1295

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:20:3.2
Declination: -13:59:52
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 14.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stone
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, gbMN, * 10 f 3'
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1295

17.5" (1/12/02): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 N-S, 0.6'x0.3', very small bright core.  A mag 13.5 star lies 1.3' NW.  Located 3' WSW of a mag 10.3 star and 8' N of mag 9 SAO 148906.  Forms a pair with NGC 1295 9' due east.  The identifications of NGC 1290 and NGC 1295 are reversed in the RNGC.