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NGC7166

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 22:0:32.7
Declination: -43:23:24
Constellation: GRU
Visual Magnitude: 11.9

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: cB, S, vlE, smbMN
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 7166 30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 303x; bright, moderately large, very elongated 7:2 SSW-NNE, 1.5'x0.4', sharply concentrated with a very small intense core and quasi-stellar nucleus. CPO 628, a nice mag 11.9/13.3 double at ~5" separation lies 4.8' due east and another mag 11.5 star is 2.5' NE. Brightest in a small group with NGC 7162 11' NW and NGC 7162A 15' N. NGC 7162A, a Magellanic spiral, appeared very diffuse, large glow, circular,~2' diameter, no distinct core or zones.