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NGC7780
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 23:53:32.1
Declination: +8:7:6
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 13.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1881
Discovery aperture: 31.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, R, lbM, F * inv
Sub-type: SBab
Steve's Notes
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NGC 7780
18" (9/15/07): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 N-S, 0.4'x0.2', slightly brighter along the major axis, weak concentration with a small, slightly brighter core. Located 10' NW of NGC 7782, the brightest of 5 NGC galaxies in a group.
17.5" (11/1/86): faintest of five in the NGC 7782 group. Faint, small, very diffuse, elongated N-S, very weakly concentrated core. Two faint stars are off the NE edge with the closest 1.7' NE of center.
13" (9/29/84): very faint, small, very diffuse, elongated ~N-S. Two mag 14.5 stars are off the NE edge. Located 9' NNW of NGC 7782 in a group.