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NGC1578
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 4:23:46.7
Declination: -51:35:58
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 13.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: pF, S, R, bM
Sub-type: Sa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1578
24" (11/18/12 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated, ~0.8'x0.65'. Sharply concentrated with a very small bright core and a stellar nucleus. Situated in a poor star field 1.2¡ ESE of mag 4.3 Gamma Doradus. Viewed with a 4.5-day moon in the sky.