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NGC7169

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 22:2:48.7
Declination: -47:41:51
Constellation: GRU
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: eF, S, R, * 8 np
Sub-type: E/SB0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 7169 30" (10/9/15 - OzSky): at 394x; fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 5:3 WSW-ENE, 0.55'x035', sharply concentrated with a very bright, small core and much fainter halo. A mag 13 star is 1.4' NE and a mag 15.5 star is just off the northeast end, 0.5' from center. Situated 3.2' ESE of mag 8.8 HD 209175.