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NGC7417

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 22:57:49.1
Declination: -65:2:18
Constellation: TUC
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pB, cS, R, gpmbM
Sub-type: SBab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7417

30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x; bright, moderately large, oval 4:3 N-S, ~1.4'x1.0', well concentrated with a bright core that increases to a stellar nucleus.  Brightest in a group including IC 5266 6.4' SSE, IC 5272 14' SE and PGC 127682 11' S.  Mag 9.5 HD 216941 lies 6.5' NE and similar star is 10' E.  These galaxies and stars just fit in the 20' field.