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NGC7817

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:3:58.5
Declination: +20:45:2
Constellation: PEG
Visual Magnitude: 11.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pF, cL, mE 45° ±, lbm
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7817

17.5" (9/15/90): moderately bright, fairly large, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE, broad concentration.  An evenly matched mag 14 pair of starts with separation of 17" lies just south of the SW extension 1.3' from the center.