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NGC7046

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 21:14:56.0
Declination: +2:50:4
Constellation: EQU
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: eF, pL, R, lbM
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7046

17.5" (5/10/91): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated ~E-W, very diffuse, weak concentration.  Two mag 15 stars are off the north and south edges.  IC 1367 is 15' NW and IC 1365 20' SE. 

13" (6/29/84): faint, very diffuse, irregularly round, even surface brightness.  A group of faint stars are off the SE edge.