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NGC 7144 — Galaxy in Grus

Galaxy Fair (39/100)

Elliptical

Magnitude 10.7m Galaxy Grus (Gru) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 10.7
Angular Size 3.4′ × 3.2′
Position Angle 10°
Distance 90.95 million ly
Galaxy Type Elliptical (E0)
vB, pS, R, mbMN

Position & Identifiers

RA 21h 52m 42.0s
Dec -48° 15' 00.0"
Constellation Grus (Gru)
Catalog NGC 7144

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Medium+ Medium Hard+
150mm Newt. Easy Easy Medium+
C8 203mm Easy Easy Easy
Easy Medium Hard Very hard Impossible

Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

Medium on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Jul – Sep (peak: Aug)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 7144 · 3.4′×3.2′ · N up, E left

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6 Surface Brightness

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8 Inclination & True Shape

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Nearby in the Sky

Other targets within a few degrees — pan your scope a little and keep exploring.

Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 7145
Medium+
Edge-on galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.2 0.4° Grus
NGC 7118
Hard+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.57 1.1° Grus
NGC 7117
Hard+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.80 1.2° Grus
NGC 7196
Medium+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.5 2.9° Indus
Alnair
HIP 109268; Alpha Gruis
Easy
Bright naked-eye star, mag 1.7
Star mag 1.74 2.9° Grus
Pi Gru
HIP 110478; Pi Gruis
Easy
Semi-regular variable, range 5.4–6.7
Variable Star mag 6.62 5.6° Grus
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