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(IAAC) Obj: NGC 7332 - Inst: 8" F/6 Dobsonian



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Observer: Michael Geldorp
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 10/16/1999  21.50 UT
Location of site: Alphen ad Rijn, Netherlands (Lat 52.09N, Elev )
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 5.0 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: I-II <I-V Seeing Scale (I best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 8" F/6 Dobsonian
Magnification: 49X, 98X, 203X, 244X
Filter(s): none
Object(s): NGC 7332
Category: External galaxy.
Class: E7
Constellation: Peg
Data: mag 11.0  size 4'.2 x 1'.3
Position: RA 22:37  DEC +23:48
Description:
Difficult to see at 98X but quite easy to locate near a triangle of stars.

At higher powers NGC 7332 is seen as a long streak of faint light with a very
bright stellar nucleus and a fainter halo around it.

Nearby NGC 7339 was not seen.

There is a sketch on this object on my homepage
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Optional related URLs: http://home.wxs.nl/~geldo006/home.html
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