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NGC750

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:57:32.6
Declination: +33:12:35
Constellation: TRI
Visual Magnitude: 11.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cB, pL, R, D neb 173° 25"
Sub-type: E2

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 750 is the western of a well-known pair of interacting ellipticals (NGC
751 is the other).  See NGC 739 for more.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 750

17.5" (11/1/86): moderately bright, small, round.  Forms a contact double system with NGC 751 virtually attached at the south end.  Resolved into two distinct galaxies at 220x.

13" (10/20/84): double galaxy with NGC 751 N-S, two distinct nuclei in a common halo.

8" (11/28/81): both components merge into a single object.