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NGC7303

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 22:31:33.0
Declination: +30:57:24
Constellation: PEG
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1828
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, gvlbM
Sub-type: Sbc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 7303 is not = NGC 7304 as is sometimes stated, nor is it the double star 
(= Big. 452, but not in IC2 as Dreyer had noted the stellar character of the 
pair in 1875 while observing with LdR's Leviathan) southwest of the galaxy.  
It is the galaxy found by JH, and is clearly identified as such by d'Arrest 
who saw N7304 (which see for more) only once.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7303

17.5" (9/2/89): fairly faint, moderately large, diffuse, almost even surface brightness, slightly elongated NW-SE.