Globular cluster · constellation Hor
NGC 1261
NGC 1261C 87MWSC 263
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 3h 12m 15.3s
- Declination
- -55° 13' 00"
- Size
- 5.1′
- Position angle
- not available
- Magnitude
- 8.6 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 20.80 mag/arcsec²(derived)
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
The 2MASS position is 10.5 arcsec southeast of the core.
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