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NGC7530

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 23:14:11.7
Declination: -2:46:44
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 14.6

Historic Information


Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational


Summary description: eF, vS, alm stellar
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 7530 24" (8/7/13): fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, oval 3:2 NW-SE, 27"x18", moderate concentration with a small brighter core. First in a trio (KTS 71) aligned SW to NE with NGC 7532 4' NE. A mag 10.7 star lies 2.7' ENE. 17.5" (8/1/87): faint, small, slightly elongated ~E-W, very small brighter core. First in a trio on a SW-NE line with NGC 7532 4.1' NE and NGC 7534 6.1' NE in the NGC 7532-7556 group. 13" (9/29/84): faint, diffuse, even surface brightness, slightly smaller than NGC 7534 4.1' NE. Member of the NGC 7532-7556 group.