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NGC1326

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:23:56.4
Declination: -36:27:51
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 10.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1837
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: planetary? pS, vsvmbMN
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1326

17.5" (11/26/94): bright, fairly small, round, 1.3' diameter, well concentrated with a small bright core and bright stellar nucleus.  On a line with three mag 13 stars 2.7' and 4.2' WSW and 3.6' to the ENE.  A brighter mag 11 star lies 4.3' NNW.  Located on the SW side of the Fornax I cluster.

8" (10/13/81): faint, fairly small, round, bright core.