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NGC1431

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:44:40.7
Declination: +2:50:8
Constellation: TAU
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, pL, iR
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1431

17.5" (1/12/02): very faint, small, round, 0.5' diameter, low surface brightness, requires averted vision.  Located 14' NW of mag 6.7 SAO 111393.  Four mag 9.5-11 stars are in the 220x field including a mag 11 star 4' S.