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NGC7658
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 23:26:24.9
Declination: -39:13:37
Constellation: GRU
Visual Magnitude: 13.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: D, both eF, S, R, 4 st p
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 7658
18" (8/19/09): only glimpsed for short moments at 175x. Appeared extremely faint, small, slightly elongated NW-SE, ~25"x20", very low even surface brightness. The close companion to the north was not seen.
18" (10/25/08): difficult observation due to low altitude and faintness of this double system. This is the southern "knot" of two extremely faint glows (separation 40") that were occasionally visible. Too faint for any details.