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NGC7839
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:7:0.7
Declination: +27:38:10
Constellation: PEG
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 12.4
Observational
Summary description: vF, pS, dif, r
Sub-type: *2
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 7839. Bigourdan's position lands directly on the brighter and
northeastern of two stars about 4 arcmin southwest of NGC 1 and 2. The
fainter star is probably too faint for Bigourdan to have consciously seen with
his 30-cm refractor, but it may have added some to the impression of
nebulosity around the brighter star. So, I've included it as a part of N7839.
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Looking at it again in May 2016, I'm not so sure that the fainter star
deserves a role as part of Bigourdan's object. So, I've made it a neighboring
star instead. Apologies for any confusion this may cause.