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NGC7740

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 23:43:32.2
Declination: +27:18:45
Constellation: PEG
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 12.4

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, lbM, stellar
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 7740.  MCG apparently made an error in the RA when precessing the NGC 
position since the object called N7740 in it precedes the correct object by 
about a minute of time.  The correct object is not in MCG, but is in CGCG
-- it is CGCG 476-123.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7740

17.5" (9/23/89): very faint, very small, round.  CGCG 476-120 lies 14' NW.