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NGC7042

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 21:13:45.7
Declination: +13:34:30
Constellation: PEG
Visual Magnitude: 12.0

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R
Sub-type: Sb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 7042.  See NGC 7043.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7042

17.5" (8/31/86): fairly faint, moderately large, round, bright core.  Forms a pair with NGC 7043 5.4' NE.  A mag 12 star lies 2.3' NE between the galaxies.  Observed through haze.