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NGC1345

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:29:31.5
Declination: -17:46:45
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, pslbM
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1345

17.5" (12/30/99): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE, 0.8'x0.5'.  Contains a brighter, elongated core.  A trio of mag 9.5-10.5 stars (with nearly equal sides of 4'-5') lies ~5' SW.