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NGC7446

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 22:59:28.9
Declination: +39:5:0
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1878
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, R, r
Sub-type: E0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7446

17.5" (9/26/92): very faint, very small, round, even concentration, small bright core.  A mag 12 star is 1.2' N.  Farthest south of the members in the UGC 12298 group with NGC 7449 4.5' N and NGC 7445 2.0' NW.  Appears unusually easy for a galaxy only 15.7pg.