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NGC7462

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 23:2:46.2
Declination: -40:50:8
Constellation: GRU
Visual Magnitude: 11.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: cF, pS, vmE 5° ±, * 11 np
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7462

13.1" (9/3/86): fairly faint, fairly small, pretty edge-on oriented ~E-W.  A mag 11 star is at the west end and four other comparable stars including a nice double at 36" separation are within 5'.  Located 10.6' W of mag 6.6 SAO 231415.