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NGC1576

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:26:18.7
Declination: -3:37:15
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: eF, bM, bet 2 st
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1576

17.5" (2/1/92): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated 4:3 SW-NE, well-defined bright core, faint stellar nucleus.  Almost at the midpoint of two mag 13 stars 1.2' SE and 1.5' WNW.