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NGC7281

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 22:24:55.7
Declination: +57:50:25
Constellation: CEP
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1829
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: Cl, L, pRi, lC, st 10…16
Sub-type: IV2p

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 7281.  JH's position, apparently for a star on the western edge of the 
cluster, is about 30 seconds of time preceding the center.  The cluster is 
large enough -- at about 15' by 9' -- that the RA difference does not affect 
the identification.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7281

17.5" (8/10/91): about 20 stars in a 4' diameter.  A string of three mag 9-9.5 stars is on the north side aligned E-W (separation 1' between pairs) and a pair of mag 12 stars just east aligned N-S (separation 0.9').  Includes two very faint double stars.  Neither rich nor distinctive.  Located in a rich field so extent difficult to determine and outliers greatly increases diameter and total number of stars.  The classification of this group as a true cluster is doubtful.