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NGC 7479 – Galaxy in Pegasus
Date: October 2016
Seeing: Fair Transparency: Poor
NELM: ~4.9 – 5.0
Telescope: 10-inch reflector
Sketch magnification: 114x
Eyepiece: 20 mm + 2.0 Barlow

Description: Very faint, elongated with a brightening and greater concentration in the central region, however, subtle. A mag. 13 star on the north tip in the halo, which required averted vision. A bright mag. 10 star about 5 arc minutes south of the southern tip. With extreme difficulty and using averted vision, I could see the southern tip curving toward the SW. This feature was fleeting and could not hold constantly.

Roger Ivester

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