NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC7117
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 21:45:47.0
Declination: -48:25:16
Constellation: GRU
Visual Magnitude: 12.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: F, S, R, glbM, p of 2
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 7117
25" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 244x and 318x; moderately bright, elongated 4:3 SSW-NNE, 40"x30", weak concentration. Forms the northeast vertex of a triangle with two mag 10 stars 3' SSW and 4' WSW. Fainter of a pair with NGC 7118 5.5' NE.