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NGC7170

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 22:1:26.3
Declination: -5:25:56
Constellation: AQR
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, iR, bMN, D * p 36 s
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7170

17.5" (8/8/91): faint, small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, broad concentration.  A nice double star is 5' W consisting of a mag 12/13 duo at 9" separation.