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NGC1591

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:29:30.7
Declination: -26:42:46
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pF, pS, R, gbM
Sub-type: SBab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1591

17.5" (11/10/96): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE, very weak concentration.  A mag 13 star lies 1.2' due west.  Brightest and largest of three with ESO 484-G26 4.4' SE and ESO 484-28 10' SE.