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NGC7472
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 23:5:38.6
Declination: +3:3:32
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 13.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Struve O.
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 15.0
Observational
Summary description: F neb * (? 7477)
Sub-type: E3
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 7472 = NGC 7482. Burnham (and Dreyer in an IC1 Note) suggest that these
are also identical with NGC 7477 (which see). But they are not. The two
numbers DO refer to the same galaxy, but d'Arrest's object is a different one.
In this case, Struve's RA is 2 minutes of time too small, but his Dec is
correct, as is his brief description (in a rough translation by me) "Faint
small star ('sternchen') with nebulous envelope." The RA error is probably a
transcription error.
Marth's position is close to the galaxy, and his description "F, vS, stellar"
is also appropriate.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 7472
See observing notes for NGC 7482.