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NGC715

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:53:12.4
Declination: -12:52:24
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stone
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, gbMN
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 715

17.5" (10/25/97): extremely faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 N-S, 0.8'x0.4'.  Located 3.5' N of a mag 11 star.  A mag 8 star is 11' NW edge at the edge of the 220x field.  Best viewed at 280x.