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NGC7178

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 22:2:25.1
Declination: -35:47:27
Constellation: PSA
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R, * 8 s 2'
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7178

17.5" (9/23/95): extremely faint, small, round, 30" diameter.  Appears as a difficult low surface brightness patch with no concentration.  Located 2.6' N of mag 8.1 SAO 213493.  NGC 7178 was much more difficult to view than IC 5157 located 53' NNE.