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Stephan's Quintet (NGC 7319)
NGC 7319, HCG 92C, Arp 319C, LEDA 69269, MCG+06-49-041, UGC 12102 (in Stephan's Quintet), GC 6063
Type: galaxy (Seyfert 2), SB
Mag: B=14.4, V=13.8
Size: 1.737′ x 1.348′
PA: ?
Historical observations
William Herschel
Discovered in 1785 by William Herschel with an 18.7-inch f/13 speculum telescope. He called it "F, pL, iR, lbM."
Published comments
Shapley, H. & Paraskevopoulos, J.S. (1940)
Shapley, H. & Paraskevopoulos, J.S. (1940) Southern clusters and galaxies. Harvard Obs. Bull., No.914, 6-8.
Supernovae
A supernova erupted in this galaxy in 1971 (16.0p)
Arp (1966)
Together with NGC 7317 and NGC 7318 listed as No. 319 in Arp's "Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies" (Astrophysical Journal Supplement, vol. 14, 1966.) He remarks "Stefan's Quintet."
Sulentic & Tifft (1973)
The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that this is a 15.0 mag galaxy. Their coded description reads SLELNUC,DSTARMS F.
Modern observations
O'Meara, S. J. (1991)
Stephen James O'Meara, in Sky&Telescope, October, 1991 "Observing at the Limit" writes: "it turns out there is an anonymous barred spiral galaxy 2.5 arc minutes east of NGC 7319, the northernmost component of the quintet."
Brian Skiff
= Stephan's Quintet
Arp (ApJ 183): gx lies 1'.5 SSE of m13 *. there is also * 47" NE, B=16.40
(just vis on Lick print). gx elong in pa145.
25cm - not seen.
30cm - fntst of grp, 1'.1 SE of m13 *, nrst of two *s NE of the grp. it is an
unconcen patch 40"x20" elong in pa150. a vf * vis 45" NE. CBL, 30Nov1983,
USNO.
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