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NGC7742

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 23:44:15.7
Declination: +10:46:1
Constellation: PEG
Visual Magnitude: 11.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: cB, cS, gmbM, * 12 f 72"
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7742

17.5" (10/28/89): moderately bright, moderately large, round, bright core.  A mag 12 star is 1.2' ESE. 

8" (8/17/82): faint, small, round, small bright nucleus.  A mag 12 star is very close east.  NGC 7743 lies 50' S.