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NGC72

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 0:18:28.4
Declination: +30:2:26
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information


Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1855
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational


Summary description: eF, vS, R
Sub-type: SBab

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 72. See NGC 67.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 72 24" (9/15/12): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, 30"x24", very small brighter nucleus. Member of the compact NGC 68 group and in a string with NGC 60 1.7' W and NGC 72A 1.3' ESE. 18" (11/14/09): faint, small, slightly elongated, 35"x30" diameter, low even surface brightness. Located 2-3' SE of a tight trio (NGC 68/70/71). NGC 72A, an extremely compact galaxy, lies 1.3' E. 17.5" (8/27/87): very faint, very small, elongated ~E-W, weak concentration. Located in the core of the NGC 68 group with NGC 72A 1.3' ESE, NGC 69 1.8' W, NGC 71 1.7' NW.