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NGC7117

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.