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NGC7659

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 23:25:55.5
Declination: +14:12:35
Constellation: PEG
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, psbM
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7659

17.5" (9/26/92): faint, small, very elongated 3:1 WNW-ESE, even concentration to a small brighter core.  This galaxy has a fairly high surface brightness for CGCG mag = 15.1z.