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NGC1302

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 3:19:51.1
Declination: -26:3:38
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 10.7

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: S, R, psvmbM, * 9 np 1'
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1302 13.1" (10/10/86): fairly bright, compact, oval ~N-S, small very bright core. A mag 11.5 star is 1.9' NE of center. 8" (10/13/81): fairly faint, bright core, fairly small, round.