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NGC1371
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:35:1.2
Declination: -24:56:0
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 10.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, pL, vlE, psbM
Sub-type: SBa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1371
17.5" (11/26/94): fairly bright, moderately bright, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 2.5'x1.5', halo fades into the background. Very bright elongated core 30" diameter increases to a stellar nucleus. A mag 8.3 star SAO 168653 (wide double at 53" with a mag 11.5 star) is 4.5' NE. NGC 1360 lies one degree SSW.
8" (10/13/81): faint, moderately large, bright core, diffuse halo.