Galaxy · constellation Oph
IC 1242
IC 1242MCG +01-44-001PGC 59688UGC 10718
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 17h 08m 42.9s
- Declination
- +4° 02' 60"
- Size
- 50.4″ × 30.6″
- Position angle
- 120°
- Magnitude
- 14.9 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 22.86 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- Sb
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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