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NGC1521

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:8:18.7
Declination: -21:3:6
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 11.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pB, R, bM
Sub-type: E4

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1521

18" (1/21/04): moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated N-S, ~1.2'x1.0', fairly well concentrated with a small bright core and stellar nucleus.  Mag 8.4 SAO 169161 lies 4.6' SSE.

8" (1/1/84): faint, very small, round, weakly concentrated.  Located 5' NNW of mag 8.5 SAO 169161.  Forms a pair with NGC 1518 22' WSW.