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NGC1306

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:21:3.0
Declination: -25:30:44
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, gbM, * 10.5 f 4'
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1306

17.5" (12/30/99): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 0.7' diameter.  Weak, even concentration to a slightly brighter core and a faint stellar nucleus.  Located 17' WNW of mag 6.5 SAO 168493.