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NGC1470

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:52:9.8
Declination: -9:0:0
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, E 0°
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1470

17.5" (2/11/96): very faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE, 1.0'x0.3', slightly brighter core.  Forms a faint pair with NGC 1467 10' NNW.