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NGC7278

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 22:28:22.6
Declination: -60:10:10
Constellation: TUC
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eeF, lE, vgvlbM, 3 st sf
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7278

25" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 318x; faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, no internal details.  A mag 12 star is 1.1' SE and another is 4.7' ENE.  Located 8.2' SSW of mag 7 HD 212878 and the view was improved when I moved this star outside the field.