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NGC7144
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 21:52:42.6
Declination: -48:15:17
Constellation: GRU
Visual Magnitude: 10.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vB, pS, R, mbMN
Sub-type: E0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 7144
11" (8/8/04 - Haleakala Crater): moderately bright and large, round, 1.5' diameter, increases to a very small brighter nucleus. This galaxy has a high surface brightness. A mag 11 star lies 3' NNE. In the same 38' field at 127x as NGC 7145, situated 23' NNE.
Brightest in a small group along with NGC 7155 and NGC 7151 and one of the brightest members of the Pavo-Indus Cloud including NGCs 7213, 7205, 7049 and 7083.