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NGC 7358 — Galaxy in Tucana

Galaxy Fair (28/100)

Lenticular

Magnitude 12.8m Galaxy Tucana (Tuc) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 12.75
Angular Size 2.1′ × 0.7′
Position Angle 174°
Distance 155.05 million ly
Galaxy Type Lenticular (S0)
F, S, R, bM, stell N with wisps 175deg

Position & Identifiers

RA 22h 45m 36.4s
Dec -65° 07' 18.5"
Constellation Tucana (Tuc)
Catalog NGC 7358

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Hard Hard V. hard+
150mm Newt. Medium Hard+ Hard
C8 203mm Medium+ Medium Hard+
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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 7358 · 2.1′×0.7′ · N up, E left

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

IC 5235
Medium
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.53 1.5° Tucana
Delta Tuc
Easy
Easy double, sep 6.8″
Double Star mag 4.48 1.9° Tucana
Nu Tuc
Medium
Semi-regular variable, range 4.7–5.2
Variable Star mag 4.81 3.4° Tucana
NGC 7192
Medium
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.0 4.2° Indus
NGC 7633
Hard+
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.67 4.5° Indus
NGC 7216
Hard+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.59 4.8° Indus
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