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NGC7263

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 22:21:45.2
Declination: +36:20:59
Constellation: LAC
Visual Magnitude: 14.6

Historic Information


Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational


Summary description: F, S, R
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 7263 24" (9/14/12): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated SW-NE, slightly brighter core, 0.4'x0.3'. A mag 14.4 star is attached at the northeast end. Located 6' WSW of NGC 7264 and 12' NW of NGC 7265. 17.5" (8/12/88): faint, very small, round. A mag 15 star is at the NE end. In a group with NGC 7264 6.1' ENE and NGC 7265 12.0' SE.