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NGC1329

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:26:2.5
Declination: -17:35:30
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, pS, R, glbM
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1329

17.5" (12/30/99): faint, small, slightly elongated SW-NE, 0.7'x0.5'.  Contains a small bright core, ~10" in size and a faint stellar nucleus with direct vision.  A mag 11.5 star lies 4.0' S.  Located 9' NE of mag 9 SAO 148955.  A faint edge-on galaxy (ESO 548-014) is attached to the mag 11.5 star but was not noticed.