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NGC2157
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 5:57:34.9
Declination: -69:11:50
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 10.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: globular, vB, S, R, vgvmbM, rr
Sub-type: OCL
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2157
30" (10/13/15 - OzSky): extremely bright, very large, 1.3' diameter, strong concentration with a very bright, large core, very mottled appearance, showpiece (globular?) cluster. At 394x, several obviously mag 14.8-15.5 stars are resolved in the halo and around the edges. With careful viewing the core broke up into a few dozen extremely packed stars (too tight and faint to count). A mag 11.4 star is 1.4' WNW of center. NGC 2151 lies 13' NNW. These clusters are on the east end of the LMC.