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NGC7396
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 22:52:22.6
Declination: +1:5:32
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 12.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: pF, pS, R, gbM
Sub-type: Sa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 7396
48" (10/25/14): very bright, fairly large, elongated 2:1 WNW-ESE, 1.7'x0.8', contains a very bright core that increases to an small, intense nucleus. An obvious dust lane extends along the major axis for most of the length of the galaxy, passing just south of the core. PGC 194158 lies 1.5' N ("faint, small, round, 15" diameter") and PGC 214871 is 3.2' SW ("fairly faint, small, round, 18" diameter").
17.5" (7/22/87): moderately bright, oval ~E-W, moderately large, brighter core. Brightest in a group of five or six galaxies including NGC 7401 9.5' ENE, NGC 7402 11' ENE, NGC 7397 6.5' ENE and NGC 7398 9.3' NE.