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NGC7831
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:7:19.3
Declination: +32:36:33
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 12.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, vS, mE, vF * v nr
Sub-type: Sb
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 7831 = IC 1530. This galaxy was first seen by Lewis Swift on 20 September
1885. Unfortunately, Swift's position is well off the mark, as are his
positions for all the galaxies found that night. This one, however, shares a
common offset with three of the other galaxies (NGC 19, NGC 21, and NGC 7836).
The correct identities are unmistakeable, though, because of Swift's clear
descriptions of the star fields surrounding three of the four objects (see NGC
6 for more details). In this case, he notes "bright star south, very faint
star very near." The bright star is SAO 053654, and the very faint star is
at the southwest end of the galaxy.
Swift's poor position led to the galaxy's being rediscovered by Bigourdan.
So, it has ended up with the IC number as well.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 7831
17.5" (10/12/87): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated SW-NE, weak concentration. A mag 14 star is at the SW end 45" from center. Located 2.2' NNW of mag 8.9 SAO 53654. Identified in the UGC and CGCG as IC 1530.