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NGC1744

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:59:57.6
Declination: -26:1:22
Constellation: LEP
Visual Magnitude: 11.1

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, vL, vmE, vgvlbM
Sub-type: SBcd

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1744

13.1" (1/18/85): weak central brightening.  A faint double star at 20" separation is at the north edge.

13.1" (12/22/84): fairly faint, fairly large, very diffuse, elongated 5:2 ~N-S, 5'x2', fairly even surface brightness.  Two mag 14 stars are at the north edge 2.5' from the center with a total of three or four faint stars superimposed.