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NGC7157

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 21:56:56.7
Declination: -25:21:3
Constellation: PSA
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, sbMN, B D * p 8s
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7157

17.5" (8/3/94): very faint, fairly small, round, 0.7' diameter, low even surface brightness.  A mag 14.5 star is 1.9' N of center.  Located 2.7' ENE of mag 9.3 SAO 190762.