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Type: galaxy, E
Mag: B=12, V=?
Size: 1.995′ x 1.995′
PA: ?
Synonyms: H I-080
Discovered in 1785 by William Herschel with an 18.7-inch f/13 speculum telescope. He called it "cB S irregularly elliptical."
A supernova erupted in this galaxy in 1974 (11.0p)
The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that this is a 12.5 mag galaxy. Their coded description reads E,R,BM.
Tom Lorenzin, in the electronic version of "1000+ The Amateur Astronomers' Field Guide to Deep Sky Observing", notes: "12M; 55" x 45" extent; small oblong fuzz surrounds brighter center; 1 degree to NE is very faint SP GAL N3403 (13M; 3' x 1' extent)."
Observing site: Little Bennett Regional Park
Telescope: C-11
[10h 47m 12s, 72° 50m 0s] A tiny, starlike nucleus, surrounded by a uniform 3' halo. B: E1.
Lacaille's catalogue
The Messier objects
Dunlop's catalogue
The Bennett objects
The Caldwell list
Named DSOs
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