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NGC7657

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 23:26:47.1
Declination: -57:48:19
Constellation: TUC
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: eF, R
Sub-type: SBd

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 7657 30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x; fairly faint to moderately bright, very elongated 3:1 WNW-ESE, 45"x15", fairly low even surface brightness. A mag 14.8 star is off the north side [27" from center] and a mag 16.6 star at the south edge [20" from center]. NGC 7657 is the faintest member of a KTS triplet with NGC 7650 11.5' WNW and NGC 7652 10.5' SW.