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NGC7162
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 21:59:38.8
Declination: -43:18:16
Constellation: GRU
Visual Magnitude: 12.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: cF, cL, cE, glbM
Sub-type: Sc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 7162
30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 303x; fairly bright to bright, very large, very elongated 3:1 ~N-S, ~2.5'x0.9', broad concentration with an elongated, brighter core. A mag 16.2 star is at the west edge. Second brightest in a trio with NGC 7166 11' SE and fainter NGC 7162A 14' NE. Situated 10.6' NNW of mag 8 HD 208812. NGC 7162A, a Magellanic spiral, appeared very diffuse, large glow, circular,~2' diameter, no distinct core or zones.
18" (10/16/09): very faint, fairly large, appears as a very hazy ill-defined glow, ~1.2'x0.8' N-S. This galaxy was surprisingly difficult for a V = 12.7 galaxy, though the low elevation affected the view. Forms a pair with brighter NGC 7166 11' SE.