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NGC1320

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 3:24:48.6
Declination: -3:2:33
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: F, S, R, bM
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1320 17.5" (11/25/87): fairly faint, small, elongated NW-SE, moderate concentration, small bright core, faint halo. First of four in the field and forms a close pair with NGC 1321 1.7' N.