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Galaxy · Eridanus

NGC 1300

Also known as ESO 547-031 · PGC 12412

Shot with Celestron EdgeHD 8 with 0.7× reducer ×1 · Celestron RASA 8 ×1

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Eridanus

Position (J2000)

3h 19m 41s · −19° 24′ 41″

Discovered

by John Frederick William Herschel in 1835

Pictures

2

Typical integration

5.1 h

Magnitude

10.52

visual

Size

6′ × 3.1′

Distance

~61,000,000 ly

Best months

Oct–Dec

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.