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NGC7038
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 21:15:7.5
Declination: -47:13:13
Constellation: IND
Visual Magnitude: 11.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: pB, pL, lE, gbM
Sub-type: SBc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 7038
25" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 244x; fairly bright, large, elongated nearly 2:1 NW-SE, 2.5'x1.4', broad concentration with a small brighter core. Spiral structure is evident in the outer halo with two arms noted. One is attached on the northwest side of the middle region and curls to the south. A second arm is attached on the south side and curls to the east and north. A mag 14 star is 1.8' E. A mag 11 star situated 2.6' NE is the brightest in a string oriented northwest to southeast.
NGC 7038 and NGC 7014 are the brightest members of AGC 3742 = ACO S924 = Indus Group of galaxies. The cluster is roughly 200 million years distant.