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NGC1493

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:57:27.5
Declination: -46:12:42
Constellation: HOR
Visual Magnitude: 11.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0

Observational

Summary description: F, cL, R, vglbM
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1493

24" (11/18/12 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): fairly bright, fairly large, round, 3.0' diameter, broad concentration.  Contains a brighter, elongated core or "bar" oriented ~E-W.  The halo contains a strong suggestion of irregular spiral structure.  A mag 15 star is at the east edge of the halo.  This face-on SBcd galaxy is a member of the Dorado Group.