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NGC172

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:37:13.6
Declination: -22:35:12
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Muller
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, E
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 172

24" (10/3/13): fairly faint, moderately large, edge-on SSW-NNE, 0.9'x0.2', irregular surface brightness.  Second of three edge-ons in the KTS 4 triplet with NGC 168 8' W and NGC 177 5.3' NE.

17.5" (12/3/88): second of three with NGC 168 and NGC 177.  Faint, edge-on 5:1 SSW-NNE, low even surface brightness.  NGC 168 lies 7' W and NGC 177 5' ENE.