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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
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NGC 72. See NGC 67.
Steve's Notes
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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.