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NGC7079

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 21:32:35.0
Declination: -44:4:3
Constellation: GRU
Visual Magnitude: 11.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: B, R, cS, psbM
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7079

18" (10/16/09): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 E-W, 0.8'x0.5', small bright core increases to center.  Two mag 12/13 stars lie 1' and 2' SW.  Brightest in a group including ESO 287-37 25' SE and NGC 7070/7072 1.0 degree NNW.