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NGC7681
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 23:28:54.8
Declination: +17:18:34
Constellation: PEG
Visual Magnitude: 14.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, iR, r, ** f
Sub-type: S0
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 7681. CGCG, RNGC, and UGC all chose the wrong galaxy in spite of the very
good NGC position (from two determinations by John Herschel). This is even
more curious as the correct galaxy is a full magnitude brighter and twice as
large as the one they all chose. Furthermore, the description in the NGC
mentions the double star following the nebula: there is none following the
wrong galaxy, but there is a clear double just north-following the correct
object. The identification is unambiguous.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 7681
17.5" (9/23/89): faint, very small, round, small prominent core with stellar nucleus. A wide pair of stars mag 11.5 and 13 at 25" separation is 2.5' NE.