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NGC7496

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 23:9:46.9
Declination: -43:25:39
Constellation: GRU
Visual Magnitude: 11.4

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pB, cL, lE, vgbM * 13
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7496

17.5" (10/20/90): faint, fairly small, oval 3:2 NNW-SSE, brighter core.  A mag 10.5 star is off the north end 1.8' from center!  Located 32' W of mag 4.3 Theta Gruis (V = 4.3).