NGC 1240

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Double star
NGC 1240
NGC 1240 DSS.jpg
AladinLite
Observation
dates equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation Aries
Right ascension 03 h 13 m 26.7 s
declination + 30 ° 30 ′ 26 ″
Typing
Astrometry
Physical Properties
Other names
and catalog entries
Other names NGC 1240, H III 164, GC 653

NGC 1240 is a double star in the constellation Aries . The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on September 12, 1784 and incorrectly added to the NGC catalog .

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. Seligman