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NGC7808
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:3:32.1
Declination: -10:44:39
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Muller
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3
Observational
Summary description: eF, vS, R, stell N, * 8.5 sp 3'
Sub-type: S0
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 7808 is one of Frank Muller's nebulae from the first Leander McCormick
list with a poor RA, nearly two minutes of time too far west of the true
position. We do not have a sketch of the field, but Muller gives an offset to
a star about 3 arcminutes to the southwest: "* 8.5, P[A] 240[deg] [Delta] 3.6
[arcmin]". The star is there and allowed Herbert Howe to identify the galaxy.
Interestingly, there is another galaxy just 0.8 arcminutes east of the star.
Neither Muller nor Howe mention this galaxy, though it is bright enough that
either could have seen it. I suspect it was hidden in the glare of the star.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 7808
17.5" (8/16/93): fairly faint, fairly small, round bright core dominates, slightly elongated much fainter halo SSW-NNE. Located 3.5' NE of a mag 10 star and 20' SW of 3 Ceti (V = 5.1). Forms a pair with MCG -02-01-012 3' SW, which is situated just 40" E of the mag 10 star. The MCG appeared very faint, very small, elongated 5:2 N-S, 20"x8".
17.5" (9/15/90): faint, very small, round, weak concentration. A mag 9.5 star is 4' SW.