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NGC1358

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 3:33:39.7
Declination: -5:5:20
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, bet 2 st
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1358 17.5" (11/25/87): moderately bright, moderately large, irregularly round, sharp concentration. A pretty mag 13 double star at 15" separation is 1.7' ENE. Located 8' W of a mag 10 star. Forms a pair with NGC 1355 6.8' NW. 13" (11/29/86): faint, small, almost round, small bright core. A faint double star is close east and brighter star to west. 13" (12/18/82): very faint, small, elongated N-S.