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NGC7251

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 22:20:27.2
Declination: -15:46:23
Constellation: AQR
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1793
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: F, pS, R, gpmbM
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 7251 24" (9/29/16): at 225x; fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, round, 45" diameter, broad concentration except for a very small brighter nucleus with direct vision. MCG -03-57-001, 11' SSW of NGC 7251, appeared faint to fairly faint, elongated 2:1 ~E-W, 0.8'x0.4', weak concentration with no noticeable core or nucleus. 17.5" (9/15/90): faint, small, round, broad concentration.