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NGC1389

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 3:37:11.7
Declination: -35:44:44
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 11.5

Historic Information


Discoverer: Schmidt
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 6.2

Observational


Summary description: F
Sub-type: E/SB0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1389 18" (12/17/11): fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 60"x40". Moderately concentrated with a brighter core and a thin fainter halo. Forms the SW vertex of a trapezoid with a mag 10 star 3' N, and two mag 12 stars 3' E and 3.7' NE. 13.1" (1/1/84): moderately bright, small, almost round, weak concentration. Member of Fornax I cluster. 8" (1/1/84): faint, small, round.