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NGC457

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:19:33.0
Declination: +58:17:42
Constellation: CAS
Visual Magnitude: 6.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: Cl, B, L, pRi, st 7, 8, 10
Sub-type: I3r

Steve's Notes

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NGC 457

17.5" (9/19/87): ~150 stars in a beautiful cluster including mag 5 Phi 1 (likely a foreground star) and mag 7 Phi 2 Cassiopeiae.  Includes many mag 14-15 stars.

8" (1/1/84): ~75 stars in cluster at 100x.

6: striking bird-shape with two prominent "arms".  One of my favorite objects in this scope at 36x.

15x50mm (7/26/06): the cluster was slightly resolved in IS binoculars.