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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

===== 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.