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NGC7163
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 21:59:20.3
Declination: -31:53:1
Constellation: PSA
Visual Magnitude: 13.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: F, pL, vlE, vglbM
Sub-type: SBab
Steve's Notes
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NGC 7163
18" (10/21/06): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 40"x30, low even surface brightness. Located 34' W of NGC 7172 (HCG 90). Two mag 12.5 star ~7' SSE are collinear with the galaxy.
17.5" (7/28/92): very faint, fairly small, irregularly round, low surface brightness, diffuse with ill-defined edges, weakly concentrated but no core, requires averted to see well. Located 7.5' W of a mag 9.5 star. The NGC 7172-7176 group (HCG 90) lies 35'-40' E.