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NGC1344
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:28:19.5
Declination: -31:4:5
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 10.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cB, pL, iR, vgbM
Sub-type: E5
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 1344 = NGC 1340, which see.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1344
18" (12/22/11): very bright, fairly large, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, ~3'x1.5'. Contains a very large, faint halo but sharply concentrated with a very bright, elongated core that increases to the center. Mag 10 SAO 194317 lies 5.5' N and mag 9.6 HD 21668 lies 6' E.
17.5" (11/26/94): bright, moderately large, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, 2.3'x1.0', well concentrated with a very bright 30" round core and a bright stellar nucleus. Forms an isosceles right triangle with mag 9.7 SAO 194325 6' E and mag 10.4 SAO 194317 5.5' N of center. Outlying member on the north side of the Fornax I cluster.
8" (10/13/81): fairly faint, slightly elongated N-S.