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NGC7540

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 23:14:36.1
Declination: +15:57:1
Constellation: PEG
Visual Magnitude: 14.7

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, stellar
Sub-type: E4

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 7540 is not NGC 7551, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 7540

17.5" (7/17/93): very faint, very small, round, very small slightly brighter core.  A mag 13 star is 1.9' ENE of center.  Forms a pair with NGC 7551 11.1' E.  The close companion just 44" W (misidentified as NGC 7551 in the RNGC and PGC) was not seen.

17.5" (7/19/90): very faint, very small, round, small bright core.  A mag 13 star is 2' E.  NGC 7567 lies 25' ESE.