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NGC7188

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 22:3:29.0
Declination: -20:19:3
Constellation: AQR
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information


Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational


Summary description: eF, pS, E, lbM
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 7188 18" (10/21/06): faintest of 4 NGC galaxies in the NGC 7184 group. Appears faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 45"x35", low even surface brightness. Located 14' WNW of mag 8.2 SAO 190861 and 12' NE of NGC 7185. A mag 14 star lies 1.7' NE. 18" (8/2/05): faintest of four in the NGC 7184 group. At 225x appeared fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, 1.0'x0.5'. Fairly low surface brightness with just a weak concentration. A mag 13.5 star is off the NE end 1.7' from center. 17.5" (10/12/85): very faint, small, slightly elongated, weak concentration, very diffuse. Located 10' NNE of NGC 7185 and a member of the NGC 7184 group.