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NGC1398
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:38:52.0
Declination: -26:20:14
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 9.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Tempel
Year of discovery: 1861
Discovery aperture: 4.0
Observational
Summary description: cB, cL, R, vmbM
Sub-type: SBab
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1398
17.5" (11/26/94): very bright, moderately large, elongated 2:1 N-S, 2.2'x1.1', well concentrated with a very bright 30" rounder core and a stellar nucleus. NGC 1360 lies 1.3¡ NW.
8" (10/13/81): fairly bright, moderately large, round, bright core.