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NGC1459

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:46:57.9
Declination: -25:31:17
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stone
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, pS, gbM
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1459

17.5" (11/2/91): very faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, low almost even surface brightness.  A mag 12 star is 2.9' S of center.