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NGC1388

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:38:12.0
Declination: -15:53:58
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, lbM
Sub-type: E0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1388

17.5" (12/9/01): very faint, small, round, 20" diameter.  Forms the eastern vertex of a triangle with a mag 11.5 star 4.5' W and a mag 13 star 3' SW.  NGC 1372 lies 17' W.