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NGC7579

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 23:17:38.8
Declination: +9:26:2
Constellation: PEG
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information


Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational


Summary description: eF, vS, stellar
Sub-type: C

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 7579 24" (9/30/16): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 18"x15". First in a small group of galaxies within Pegasus II cluster with NGC 7584 3.5' due east and CGCG 406-050 4.2' ESE. Situated 6.7' SW of mag 7.6 HD 219728. 17.5" (10/28/89): very faint, very small, slightly elongated. This Pegasus II member forms a trio with NGC 7584 3.5' E and CGCG 406-050 4.2' ENE.