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NGC7779

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 23:53:26.6
Declination: +7:52:34
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: pF, S, R, psbM, stellar, 2nd of 4
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 7779 18" (9/15/07): moderately bright, moderately large, irregularly round, 0.9'x0.8'. Well concentrated with a bright, 30" core. With direct vision the core contains a very small, bright nucleus. Forms a 1.8' pair with NGC 7778 to the west. Second brightest in the NGC 7782 group. 17.5" (11/1/86): second brightest of five in the NGC 7782 group. Moderately bright, small, slightly elongated, bright core, diffuse halo. Forms a close pair with slightly fainter NGC 7778 1.8' W. 13" (9/29/84): moderately bright, slightly elongated, even surface brightness, similar size to NGC 7778. Viewed at 220x. 13" (9/9/83): faint, small, round, brighter core.