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NGC1401
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:39:21.8
Declination: -22:43:28
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 12.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, R
Sub-type: SB0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1401
13.1" (10/10/86): faint, small, edge-on 4:1 NW-SE, bright core. A mag 13.5 star is just 0.4' N of center. NGC 1403 lies 20' N.