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NGC7255

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 22:23:8.0
Declination: -15:32:28
Constellation: AQR
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, L, mE 30°, sbMN
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 7255.  This object is positively identified with Leavenworth's sketch.  
RC3 has the correct.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7255

17.5" (7/27/95): very faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 WNW-ESE, 1.0'x0.4', even surface brightness.  Incorrectly listed as nonexistent in RNGC.