NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

(This is a very very beta version)

NGC1297

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:19:14.0
Declination: -19:6:0
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 11.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Barnard
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 5.0

Observational

Summary description: F, pS
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

=====

NGC 1297

17.5" (8/31/86): moderately bright with a large faint halo nearly 2' diameter, broadly concentrated halo, small bright nucleus.  A mag 13.5 star is at the north edge 1' NNE of center.