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NGC1301

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:20:35.4
Declination: -18:42:57
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, mE 135°
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1301

17.5" (12/30/99): very faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 0.8'x0.4', weak concentration.  A mag 15 star lies 1.7' NNW of center. Located 30' NW of NGC 1297 and 44' NNW of NGC 1300.