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NGC1469

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:0:27.8
Declination: +68:34:39
Constellation: CAM
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, B * nr
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1469

17.5" (11/2/91): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, 1.5'x0.6', very bright core surrounded by fainter elongated halo.  A mag 10 star is just off the west edge 0.6' WSW from the center.