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NGC7461
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 23:1:48.1
Declination: +15:34:57
Constellation: PEG
Visual Magnitude: 13.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, alm stellar
Sub-type: SB0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 7461
17.5" (9/19/87): fairly faint, extremely small, round, compact, small bright core, stellar nucleus. A mag 11 star lies 2.3' SW. Member of the NGC 7448 group located 23' S of the NGC 7463, NGC 7464 and NGC 7465. Pair with NGC 7467 9.5' ESE.
13" (9/22/84): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, even surface brightness, NGC 7467 11' E. Located 23' S of NGC 7463/64/65 in the NGC 7448 group.