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NGC722

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 1:54:46.9
Declination: +20:41:54
Constellation: ARI
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information


Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1861
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, vS, R, β Arietis n
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 722 24" (12/1/16): at 225x; fairly faint, small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, ~30"x20", slightly brighter nucleus. This galaxy lies a mere 7' SSE from the glare of 2.7-magnitude Beta Arietis, but the galaxy was not difficult with the star placed off the edge of the field. A group of mag 11.5-13 stars is nearby, including a mag 12 star 2.7' ENE. 17.5" (12/8/90): very faint, very small, oval 3:2 NW-SE. Remarkable location as situated 7' SSE of Beta Arietis (V = 2.6) in the same 220x field. This is a similar situation as NGC 404 near Mirach, but NGC 722 is much fainter.