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NGC1723
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 4:59:25.9
Declination: -10:58:50
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 11.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Tempel
Year of discovery: 1882
Discovery aperture: 11.0
Observational
Summary description: F, bet 2 st 9, 10 n ___DREYER___ s, 3rd * f
Sub-type: SBa/P
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1723
24" (12/28/13): fairly bright, moderately large, well concentrated with a bright elongated core or bar oriented E-W that increases to a small, rounder nucleus. The halo is much fainter and elongated 2:1 NW-SE, ~1.8'x0.9'. The galaxy is bracketed by mag 10 stars 2' N and 2.9' E, with a mag 11 star 1.4' S. The triplet NGC 1721, 1725 and 1728 lies 9' S.
17.5" (12/3/88): brightest in a group with a trio NGC 1721, NGC 1725 and NGC 1728 about 8' S. Fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, small bright core. Sandwiched between a mag 10 star 2.0' NNW and a mag 11 star 1.3' S. An additional mag 10 star lies 2.9' due east.