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NGC7180
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 22:2:18.5
Declination: -20:32:52
Constellation: AQR
Visual Magnitude: 12.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1830
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, R, lbM, p of 2
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 7180
18" (10/21/06): fairly faint, small, elongated 4:3 WSW-ENE, 40"x30", very small bright core, occasional stellar nucleus. Located 16' NNW of NGC 7184 and first of 3 NGC galaxies with NGC 7185 10' ENE and NGC 7188 21' NE.
18" (8/2/05): moderately bright, fairly small, very elongated 5:2 WSW-ENE, 1.0'x0.35'. Well concentrated with a relatively large bright core and much fainter extensions. Member of the NGC 7184 group of 4 NGC galaxies.
17.5" (10/12/85): fairly faint, very small, small bulging bright core, surrounded by oval halo. Located 16' NNW of NGC 7184 in a group. NGC 7185 lies 10' NE.