NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC1338
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:28:54.4
Declination: -12:9:11
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 12.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 31.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, iR, lbM, r
Sub-type: Sb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1338
48" (10/22/11): at 488x this bright, fairly large, roundish galaxy has an interesting structure. Off center within the glow is a bright "bar" that extends 1' from NW to SE. The bar contains a small bright core and a stellar nucleus. Surrounding the bar feature is 1.2' roundish halo, that is more extensive on the SW side but with a noticeably lower surface brightness. The halo on the NE side of the bar is brighter but smaller. Located 2.0' W of a mag 10 star and 6' SW of mag 8.8 HD 21634.
17.5" (10/20/90): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated WNW-ESE, even surface brightness. Located 2' W of a mag 10.5 star and 6' SW of mag 8.5 SAO 148982.