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NGC1157

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 2:58:6.6
Declination: -15:7:5
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 14.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational


Summary description: eF, pS, E 0°, sbMN
Sub-type: Sb

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 1157 is probably not NGC 1147, which see.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1157 17.5" (11/10/96): very faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, no other details visible. Located 1.9' WNW of a mag 12.5 star.