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NGC7759
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 23:48:54.6
Declination: -16:32:27
Constellation: AQR
Visual Magnitude: 13.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, R, lbM, B * n
Sub-type: SB0
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 7759. See NGC 7754.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 7759
24" (8/31/16): at 282x; fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, roundish, sharply concentrated with a bright core that gradually increases to the center. The 45" outer halo has a low surface brightness. A mag 14.8 star is 1.6' SSE. NGC 7759A = MCG -03-60-019 is attached at the east edge of the halo. The companion appeared extremely faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 WSW-ENE, ~20"x7".
17.5" (9/26/92): fairly faint, very small, round, bright core, almost stellar nucleus. Located 2.8' S of a mag 9.5 star. Forms a pair with NGC 7754 6' SE.