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NGC7557
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 23:15:39.7
Declination: +6:42:32
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 14.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stoney B.
Year of discovery: 1852
Discovery aperture: 72.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, p of 2
Sub-type: S
Steve's Notes
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NGC 7557
24" (1/1/16): faint to fairly faint, small, round, 0.4' diameter, weak concentration to the center. Located 4.6' WNW of brighter NGC 7562. NGC 7557 lies midway between mag 9.4 SAO 128068 9' NW and mag 9.5 SAO 128073 8' SE.
18" (11/22/08): faint, small, round, 25" diameter, weak concentration. Forms a pair with brighter NGC 7562 4.5' ESE.
17.5" (8/27/87): faint, small, round, small brighter core. A mag 15 star is 1' S. Located 4.7' WNW of much brighter NGC 7562.
17.5" (11/1/86): faint, small, slightly elongated NNW-SSE, diffuse. Precedes NGC 7562 by 5'.