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NGC7232
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 22:15:37.6
Declination: -45:51:1
Constellation: GRU
Visual Magnitude: 12.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: pB, S, pmE, psbM, p of 2
Sub-type: SBa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 7232
18" (7/5/05 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 5:2 ~E-W, ~1.5'x0.6'. Well concentrated with a bright 30" core. Forms the western vertex of an isosceles triangle with two bright stars Ð mag 8.8 HD 211111 3' NE and mag 8.9 HD 211121 3.5' E. To complete this striking arrangement, a fainter companion, NGC 7233 is 1.9' E and is squeezed between NGC 7232 and the mag 8.9 star nearly due east. Observation made with a partially dewed secondary that probably dimmed both members.
13.1" (8/17/85): faint, elongated WNW-ESE, brighter core. Located just 3.0' SW of mag 8.5 SAO 231056 and 3.0' W of a mag 9.5 star. Brighter IC 5181 lies 26' SW. Very far south for viewing from the latitude of Northern California.