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NGC957
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:33:21.0
Declination: +57:33:36
Constellation: PER
Visual Magnitude: 7.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1831
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: Cl, pL, pRi, st 13…15
Sub-type: III2p
Steve's Notes
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NGC 957
17.5" (10/25/97): moderately rich cluster, ~9'x4' in size and oriented ~E-W. Includes a mag 8 star (HD 15621) on the SW side and a mag 8/10 pair (h2143) on the SE end at 24" separation. About three dozen stars are fairly evenly distributed within this elongated cluster. There are few faint close double stars along the NE side and the bright double has a couple of much fainter companions. A mag 7.5 star is off the west side of the cluster but appears completely detached.
8": 30 stars in cluster, fairly large, moderately rich, elongated ~E-W, unresolved haze. A bright wide double star mag 8/10 at 23" is on the SE edge. Bracketed by fairly bright stars to the east and west. Located 1¡ NE of the Double Cluster.