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NGC7151
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 21:55:4.0
Declination: -50:39:29
Constellation: IND
Visual Magnitude: 12.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, pL, lE, vgbM, r
Sub-type: SBc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 7151
30" (10/9/15 - OzSky): at 394x; moderately bright and large, elongated 5:2 ~WSW-ENE, 2.0'x0.8' . There are no well defined brightness zones but the appearance is unusual; very mottled and knotty with an odd shape. It is brighter on the west and wider, seeming to taper on the northeast end. A stellar knot [apparently an HII region, though perhaps a compact companion] is on the southeast side of the galaxy. In addition, a couple of stars are superimposed; a mag 14.5 star is at the northwest edge and a mag 16 star is on the southwest edge [28" from center].