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NGC1342
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:31:38.0
Declination: +37:22:36
Constellation: PER
Visual Magnitude: 6.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1799
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: Cl, vL, ab 60 st
Sub-type: III3p
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1342
17.5" (12/23/92): about 100 stars mag 9-14 in 15' diameter, scattered in chains and loops. Two mag 8 stars off the NE side are probably field stars, a nice double star is at the west end. There are several striking star lanes at low power including a long stream oriented E-W. A line of six stars oriented NW-SE forms the SW side and terminates at an easy double star. The NW end is near the striking double star (10.4/11.2 at 14". The field has a large variation of magnitudes.
8": bright, large, scattered, consists of mag 8 stars and fainter.