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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
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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.