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NGC157

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:34:46.4
Declination: -8:23:46
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 10.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1783
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, L, E, bet 2 cB st
Sub-type: SBbc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 157.  See NGC 7667 where this galaxy -- N157 -- figures in the Father 
Secchi mysteries.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 157

17.5" (9/17/88): bright, large, oval 3:2 SW-NE, broad concentration, small bright core, mottled appearance, sharp edge along the east side.  Two stars, mag 13.5 and 15, are near the NE edge.  Located between mag 9.5 SAO 128835 5.5' S and mag 8.6 SAO 12833 6' NNW. 

8": fairly faint, fairly large, diffuse.  Located between two mag 8.5/9.5 stars to the north and south.