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NGC1351

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:30:34.9
Declination: -34:51:12
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 11.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pB, pS, R, psbM
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1351

18" (12/22/11): fairly bright, oval 3:2 NW-SE, 0.8'x0.5', high surface brightness.  Brightens evenly to a very small bright core and a quasi-stellar nucleus.  Located 9' SE of mag 9.4 HD 21851.

13.1" (10/10/86): fairly faint, fairly small, oval NW-SE, bright core.  Fornax I cluster member.