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NGC1463
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:46:15.5
Declination: -59:48:37
Constellation: RET
Visual Magnitude: 13.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: cF, S, R, glbM, am 7 B st
Sub-type: Sa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1463
24" (4/4/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): moderately bright and large at 200x, round, even concentration to a small, brighter core and occasional stellar nucleus. Quite a number of brighter stars are nearby including a group of 7 bright mag 10-11 stars that lie just to the north and two additional mag 11 stars that flank the galaxy 1.8' SSW and 2.5' ENE. In addition, the galaxy is 8.5' NNW of mag 9.7 HD 24060. IC 2010 lies 43' ESE.