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NGC1368

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:34:58.8
Declination: -15:39:20
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, lbM
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1368

18" (11/26/03): very faint, small, elongated 5:3 NW-SE, 0.7'x0.4', weak concentration, very small bright core.  Forms an isosceles triangle with a mag 14 star 1.8' ESE and a mag 14.9 2.5' NE.  NGC 1372 lies 32' SE.