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NGC7197

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 22:2:57.9
Declination: +41:3:34
Constellation: LAC
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, cS, cE, vglbM, er
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7197

17.5" (8/5/91): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 WNW-ESE, very bright core.  Located 4.1' WNW of mag 8.2 SAO 51599.  Situated in a very rich star field that includes many fairly bright stars mag 10-11.