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NGC1381
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:36:31.8
Declination: -35:17:43
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 11.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Schmidt
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 6.2
Observational
Summary description: F
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1381
18" (12/17/11): fairly bright, fairly large, very elongated 3:1 NW-SE, 1.6'x0.5'. Sharply concentrated with a small, very bright core that increases to the center. A mag 14 star lies 1.8' SE and a similar star is 3' NW. Situated nearly at the midpoint of a line connecting NGC 1382 10' NE and NGC 1379 10' SW. NGC 1374/1375 pair is ~15' WNW.
13.1" (12/22/84): fairly bright, edge-on 3:1 NW-SE, bright core, faint elongated halo. A mag 14 star is 1.8' SE of center. Member of the Fornax I cluster with NGC 1379 10' SW and NGC 1387 14' SSE.
8" (10/13/81): faint, small, elongated.