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NGC1728
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 4:59:27.8
Declination: -11:7:24
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Barnard
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 6.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, R
Sub-type: Sa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1728
24" (12/28/13): moderately to fairly bright, elongated 5:2 or 3:1 N-S, 0.6'x0.2', sharp concentration with a small bright core and bright stellar nucleus. Third in a close trio (KTS 28) with NGC 1721 and 1725. MCG -02-13-031, a very thin edge-on, lies 9.5' SSE and NGC 1725, a barred spiral, lies 8.5' N.
17.5" (12/3/88): last of a trio with NGC 1725 1.3' SW and NGC 1725 2.5' W. Fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 N-S, small bright core.