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NGC7402

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 22:53:4.4
Declination: +1:8:42
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 14.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1856
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7402

17.5" (8/27/87): extremely faint and small, round, at visual threshold.  Forms a difficult pair with NGC 7401 1.5' W and last in a group.  Forms a near equilateral triangle with NGC 7398 5' NE and NGC 7397 4.5' W.  Appears just nonstellar on the POSS.