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NGC1461

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:48:27.1
Declination: -16:23:34
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 11.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, S, lE, mbMN
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1461

17.5" (12/28/94): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, 1.2'x0.5'.  Strong concentration with a small bright core.  Located 3.3' SE of a mag 10.5 star.

8" (11/28/81): faint, small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, bright core.