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NGC7566
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 23:16:37.4
Declination: -2:19:49
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 13.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, pS, E, er, 3 F st inv
Sub-type: Sa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 7566
24" (9/29/16): at 500x; fairly faint or moderately bright, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, ~0.6'x0.3', small bright nucleus. Bracketed by two mag 14.5 stars [27" ESE and 36" WNW of center]. Member of a group with brightest member NGC 7556 13.5' WSW.
17.5" (8/1/87): fairly faint, small, oval. Bracketed by two mag 14.5 stars 37" WNW and 27" E of center. Also a mag 14 star is 1.1' SW. Located 13' ENE of NGC 7556 in the NGC 7532-7556 group.
13" (9/29/84): within a triangle of 3 faint stars, elongated ~WNW-ESE, diffuse.