R.A.: 22 02 01.7 Dec.: -31 52 18 (NGC 7172 = HCG 90A)
Size: 2.5'x1.4', Magnitude: V 11.9
Piscis Austrinus
Alternate ID’s (for the triplet) KTS 66 = VV 698 = Klemola 34
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Below are the links to the YouTube recordings of the 2024 Alt Az Workshop. Please note that I'm about as skilled at using Youtube as I am at using Zoom - which is not much - but I...
My observations with my 20" from central Spain on September 18, 2015, read:
Despite the low altitude this galaxy group proved to be very interesting.
NGC 7172: At 320x it is a faily oval patch...
From Southern Germany (48°N) we had problems to see the group but the brighter members are reachable. I wrote:
8", 229x, fst 6m0+
compact part b-d visible even in the searching eyepiece as a...
Hi, here's my observation from 11/4/2013: four galaxies in Piscis Austrinus : ngc 7172 on bottom, brightest of the four, ngc 7174, ngc 7176 and ngc 7173. I used a 10mm Ethos at 198x with my 14.5...
Ah, I figured you probably had an observation, Uwe. Thanks for sharing! If I had to guess, the smallest aperture it might be visible in would be 20-inches. But it's just a guess. I normally don't...
This object has been on my list for over a decade, so I'm glad Victor featured it as an OOTW! I took a look within the past couple of months in both my 14.5" and 24" and both showed a diffuse blob...