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NGC7642

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 23:22:53.4
Declination: +1:26:34
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, bM
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7642

24" (1/1/16): at 375x; faint/fairly faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, weak concentration to center.  CGCG 380-049 lies 2.7' SE.  The companion appeared very faint, very small, slightly elongated, 12"x9".  A mag 15.3 star is 45" W. 

17.5" (8/1/87): faint, very small, round, weak concentration. Appears about a half a magnitude fainter than the CGCG mag 14.5z.