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NGC7243

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 22:15:8.5
Declination: +49:53:51
Constellation: LAC
Visual Magnitude: 6.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: Cl, L, P, lC, st vL
Sub-type: IV2p

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 7243.  WH's position is a minute of time too large, but the cluster is so
big that the position still lands in a clump of stars on the eastern side.  We
could imagine that WH meant to have this be his cluster, but he notes the 
diameter as 16 arcminutes.  Given that the clump is only about half that size,
I am pretty sure that the RA is in error.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7243

17.5" (10/12/85): at 83x, 150-200 stars are visible in a 20' field.  This is a striking cluster at low power and includes a number of fairly bright stars.  On the east side is the nice pair ·2890 = 9.3/9.6 at 9".  The cluster is irregularly distributed into subgroups.

13.1" (9/22/84): about 80 stars resolved, rich, fairly large, excellent low power field, includes double star ·2890.