NGC 7001 = UGC 11663 = MCG +00-53-016 = CGCG 374-037 = PGC 65905

21 01 07.7 -00 11 43; Aqr

V = 12.9;  Size 1.4'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 162°

 

17.5" (8/31/86): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated, weak concentration.  Located between a mag 14 star 1.0' N and a mag 13 star 1.4' SSE.  Similar notes on 6/20/87.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7001 = h2095 on 21 Jul 1827 and noted "eF; S; E in the meridian [north-south]."  His position and description matches UGC 11663.  Rudolph Spitaler called this galaxy "pB" (IC 1 Notes), using the 27" refractor at the Vienna Observatory in 1891.

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NGC 7002 = ESO 235-043 = PGC 66009

21 03 44.9 -49 01 47; Ind

V = 12.4;  Size 1.5'x1.2';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 3°

 

30" (11/5/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): brighter of a pair with NGC 7004 5.8' SE.  NGC 7002 appears fairly bright, moderately large, round, 1.2' diameter, well concentrated to a bright core that increases down to a bright stellar nucleus.  A mag 15 star lies 0.9' SE.  2MASX J21034127-4902128, an extremely faint companion, is just 45" SW of center.  It appeared as a very small glow, ~10" diameter, no details.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7002 = h3848 on 30 Sep 1834 and logged "F; S; R; suddenly much brighter middle; 15" diameter."  A couple of nights later, he noted "pF; pL; R; gradually little brighter middle."

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NGC 7003 = UGC 11662 = MCG +03-53-008 = CGCG 448-027 = PGC 65887

21 00 42.4 +17 48 18; Del

V = 13.0;  Size 1.1'x0.8';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 120°

 

13.1" (7/27/84): very faint, small, low even surface brightness, almost round.  A faint star is at the NE edge.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7003 on 26 Aug 1864 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.  He noted a mag 15 or 16 star follows the center by 2 seconds of time.  His RA (measured on two sweeps) is ~4 seconds too small.  MCG fails to label this galaxy NGC 7003.

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NGC 7004 = ESO 235-046 = PGC 66019

21 04 02.2 -49 06 52; Ind

V = 13.8;  Size 1.3'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 73°

 

30" (11/5/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): moderately bright, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 WSW-ENE, 1.0'x0.3', contains a bright, elongated core.  A mag 13 star lies 1.3' E and a 16th magnitude star is barely off the WSW tip.  Forms a pair with brighter NGC 7002 5.8' NW.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7004 = h3849 on 2 Oct 1834 and recorded "eF; R; little brighter middle; has a * 11m 60 seconds following on parallel."  His position and description matches ESO 235-046 = PGC 66019.

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NGC 7005

21 01 57.3 -12 52 53; Aqr

 

17.5" (7/24/95): small very unimpressive asterism of five stars including three mag 12 stars in a 1.5' right triangle and three additional mag 14 stars.  Only noticeable at all due to the three brighter stars in a small group.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7005 on 23 Aug 1855 with an 4.6-inch Fraunhofer refractor at Leipzig and noted a "nebulous star cluster".  His position is 45' southeast of M73.  This was the first object discovered by d'Arrest (along with the double star NGC 607).  According to Wolfgang Steinicke, Arthur Auwers observed it on 9 Sep 1861 at Königsberg and logged "not a nebula, but only a triangle of three stars."  Herbert Howe called it "simply a coarse cluster, the 3 brightest stars being 9th mag.  No nebulosity discernable."  Reinmuth gave a similar description based on its appearance on a Heidelberg plate.  Also see Harold Corwin's identification notes.

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NGC 7006

21 01 29.3 +16 11 15; Del

V = 10.6;  Size 2.8';  Surf Br = 0.1

 

24" (7/11/18): at 375x; bright, very bright mottled core with a half-dozen very faint stars resolved around the edges of the halo.  Three very faint to extremely faint galaxies lies to the southwest; CGCG 448-030 3.6' WSW, LEDA 1501723 6' WSW and CGCG 448-029 7.4' SW.

 

18" (7/24/06): this small globular was viewed at 435x and 565x and it appeared very mottled and lively in excellent seeing.  Two or three very faint stars were visible pretty steadily and a number of extremely faint mag 16 stars appeared to sharpen up and momentarily sparkle, particularly in the 1.5' to 2' halo. Perhaps a total of a dozen stars, sparkled or popped in and out of view.

 

CGCG 448-030 is located just 3.6' SW of the core of NGC 7006!  It appeared extremely faint and small, round, 10" diameter.  Requires averted and cannot hold steadily but repeatedly reacquired.  There is an extremely faint star at the northeast edge which was sometimes noticed instead of the galaxy.  Forms the south vertex of a small triangle with two mag 12.7/13.5 stars ~0.6' N and NE. It is nearly on a line between the globular and mag 7.3 HD 200079 10' SW.

 

CGCG 448-028 is 11.6' NW of NGC 7006.  It appeared faint, small, round, 20" diameter, even surface brightness.  Visible with direct vision.  A wide pair of mag 11.5 stars lies 2.5' NNW.  This is the brighter of the two galaxies observed near NGC 7006.

 

17.5" (8/5/94): moderately bright, small, 1.5' diameter containing a 1' core and a small halo.  The core has a broad weak concentration with no nucleus.  The halo is mottled but difficult to achieve clear resolution.  Four or five mag 15.5 stars or fainter popped in and out of view around the edges of the halo. The easiest resolved star is just at the north edge of the halo, a close pair is at the east edge and a single star is at the southeast side.  An easy pair of mag 14 foreground stars at 20" separation is off the south side 1.6' from the center.  The interacting system UGC 11672 lies 43' E.

 

13.1" (6/29/84): fairly faint, small, small bright nucleus, small fainter halo.  Mottled and clumpy but not resolved at 360x.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7006 = H. I-52 = h2097 on 21 Aug 1784 (sweep 253). He recorded it as "pretty bright, irregularly round, easily resolvable [mottled], about 1' diam.  Hazy, otherwise I suppose I might see the stars in it."  He noted in the log that the nebula was missed on 15 Oct (sweep 290) "having no notice of it, did not look for it, yet it is strange."  But the next night (sweep 294), he logged it again as "very bright, round, much brighter in the middle, the brightness extending a good way, resolvable (see 253 sweep)."  John Herschel made a single observation: "B; R; gradually brighter in the middle; 60".

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NGC 7007 = ESO 187-048 = PGC 66069

21 05 27.9 -52 33 07; Ind

V = 12.0;  Size 1.9'x1.1';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 2°

 

30" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 394x; bright, moderately large, elongated 5:3 N-S, ~1.25'x0.75', sharply concentrated with a very bright core that increases to a stellar nucleus.  A string of 5 mag 12-13 stars (oriented E-W) passes to the south and a mag 15.6 star is 0.8' W of center.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7007 = h3850 on 8 Jul 1834 and recorded "pB; vS; R; pretty suddenly little brighter middle; 12"."  His mean position (3 observations) is accurate.  Joseph Turner observed it on 5 Sep 1877 with the 48" Melbourne Telescope and notes it was suddenly brighter in the middle to a nucleus.(p. 142 of logbook).

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NGC 7008 = PK 93+5.2 = PN G093.4+05.4 = Ced 186 = Fetus Nebula

21 00 32.8 +54 32 36; Cyg

V = 11.0;  Size 98"x75"

 

48" (10/24/14): We had a superb view of NGC 7008 unfiltered at 488x and 610x. This irregular, annular planetary extended ~1.5'x1.2' SSW-NNE with a roughly oval outline, except on the SW end.  Several stars are involved or just off the edge, including HJ 1606 = 9.6/11.7 at 19" separation, which is just off the SSE edge.

 

A very bright, elongated knot is at the NNE edge of the rim. A larger elongated knot is just on its inside (towards the central star), with the pair of close knots virtually attached.  On the opposite SSW end is the next brightest region, extending nearly 45° along the rim.  This larger glow spreads irregularly into the darker center and dims.  Another brighter knot is on the WNW edge of the rim (probably K 4-44), just NE of a mag 14 star that is close off the west edge.  Finally, another slightly brighter knot is at the E edge of the rim, close S of a mag 14 star on the NE side.  The entire SW side appears as if it was "nibbled" around the edges, as part of the outer edge is missing.

 

A mag 13.5 star sits in the center of the darker interior with the central "hole" darkest immediately east of the central star. Another darker region is in the SE quadrant just north of HJ 1606.

 

18" (9/10/07): The "Fetus Nebula" is a fascinating annular planetary, best viewed at high power.  Using 452x the oval halo is elongated SSW-NNE, ~85"x65".  The most striking feature is a bright, 25" knot on the NNE end that is irregular in surface brightness with a very small brighter condensation near its south end.  The SW quadrant of the planetary is also brighter in an elongated region and weakest on the E and SE edge facing the wide double star off the south edge.

 

In the darker center, a mag 13.5 central star is visible and a second fainter mag 14 star is near the NE edge.  Also a mag 14 star is just off the west edge.  NGC 7008 is situated just north of HJ 1606, a mag 9.3/10.2 pair at 18" oriented N-S.

 

17.5" (6/28/00): this beautiful, highly structured PN is situated just north of a wide double star (9.2/10.5 at 18"). At 280x, the annular oval is elongated SSW-NNE, ~90"x65".  A bright 30" irregular knot is prominent at the NE end.  The SW end of the major axis has a fainter condensation and the rim is clearly dimmest near the double star.  The mag 14 central star shines steadily as does a slightly fainter mag 14.5 on the NE edge.  Just off the west edge is another 14th magnitude star.  The darker center is faintly luminous and the surface brightness is irregular over the entire oval giving a mottled, wispy appearance.

 

13.1" (9/11/82): bright planetary with unusual structure and several stars involved.  The striking complete annular ring is elongated SW-NE.  A mag 14 central star mag is visible, as well as a mag 14 star at the NE edge and a faint star off the W edge.  A small brighter knot marks the NE end.  The planetary is located just north of double star HJ 1606 = 9.3/10.5 at 18".

 

8" (8/16/82): unusual structure, curves and extends further south on the west side.  A faint star is embedded.

 

80mm (9/10/07):  the planetary was faintly visible in the finder at 25x using an OIII filter.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7008 = H. I-192 = h2099 on 14 Oct 1787 (sweep 765).  He recorded "considerably bright, strong nebulosity of an irregular square figure.  Seems to contain faint large stars, about 3' l and 2 1/2' broad."  He observed it again the next night (sweep 767) as well as the 16th (sweep 768): "the stars which are visible in it, do not seem to belong to it."

 

On sweep 211, John Herschel logged "large; elongated; resolvable; has an appearance of two nuclei or points of greatest condensation; it touches a fine double star [h1606 = 9.3/10.2 at 18"]."  Birr Castle assistant R.J. Mitchell viewed it on 19 Aug 1855: "seen as in sketch [1861 Monograph, Plate XXX, fig. 37].  3 st in it, F neby reaches nearly up to the star sf; B knots in it, the nf one seems triangular in shape and sometimes I thought it split up by a dark line from sf to np."

 

Sir William Huggins first observed a single emission line in the spectrum in 1865.  Francis Pease photographed NGC 7008 in 1914 with the Mt. Wilson 60" and described "the strongest bits of nebulosity are two condensations just E of the N end of the major axis.  On the southeast side the eliipitcal forms seems eaten away, but traces of nebulosity may be seen connecting with a stars which lies [53" separation in p.a. 156°].  Based on Crossley photographs taken at Lick, Heber Curtis (1918) reported "irregular ring structure indicated; the dimensions are 86"x69" in p.a. 20°.  The two brightest patches are at the north, and three stars lie in roughly circular gaps in the nebulosity must either be physically connected with the nebula or, if nearer to us, be surrounded by absorbing atmospheres."

 

In a 2001 issue of Amateur Astronomy magazine, Eric Honeycutt called NGC 7008 the "Fetus Nebula" due to its appearance in his 22-inch telescope.

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NGC 7009 = PK 37-34.1 = PN G037.7-34.5 = Saturn Nebula

21 04 10.7 -11 21 49; Aqr

V = 7.8;  Size 30"x26"

 

48" (10/29/16): the remarkable Saturn Nebula was viewed at 1084x.  The intense, inner "ring" is very elongated (~25"x10") with an unusual warped appearance.  The inner ring is brighter on the west end.  The rounder shell extends ~30"x25", slightly elongated WSW-ENE and contains an obvious "knot" on the north side of the shell.  The ansae or FLIERS at the end of the jets varied in size and orientation, with the western one larger, brighter and angled outward on the north end.  The central star was easily visible.

 

48" (10/24/14): at 610x; the western ansa (handle) at the end of the jet appeared as a small, narrow bar, roughly perpendicular to the extension, but slightly tilted, so the north end was pointing outward (west).  The eastern ansa was much smaller but with careful viewing was slightly elongated and tilted in a mirrored orientation.  Also, a very small, low contrast knot was noted on the north end of the outer shell.  Otherwise, the details mentioned in the observation from last November were all noted.

 

48" (11/1/13): the double-shell structure was fascinating at 813x. The bright, inner ring was surprisingly elongated WSW-ENE, ~30"x10", with an irregular surface brightness and uneven thickness.  The inner darker hole was also elongated, extending nearly the length of the nebula and was punctuated by a fairly easy central star.  This annulus is encased in a rounder, outer shell, ~30"x25" diameter, with a slightly irregular rim (brighter at the north edge).  Extending from the main body were the two easily visible "jets" extending WSW-ENE with prominent FLIERS or "ansae" (handles) at each tip [separation 44"] with the western tip slightly brighter.  The color was generally greenish, though the outer halo had a salmon-colored tinge.

 

24" (7/24/14): viewed at 1000x in good seeing at Lassen National Park (elevation 8200 ft).  The intense, inner annulus is 30"x18" with a bright, moderately thick green rim and darker center.  The central star was nearly visible steadily within the darker center.  The oval annulus was slightly irregular in surface brightness.  It was surrounded by a rounder, fainter envelope, which varied slightly in brightness, particularly on the north side, which contained a noticeable knot.  The fairly narrow jets were readily visible, though brighter on the west side.  An obvious knot ("ansa") that was slightly elongated was visible at the tip of the western jet.  The eastern extension only had a weak brightening at the tip.

 

18" (7/28/03): Viewed at 1087x in very good seeing.  The 30" brighter inner oval is elongated WSW-ENE and has a noticeable irregular surface brightness (first time this was noted) with a brighter, thick rim and darker center (partially annular).  Surrounding the high surface oval is a fainter, outer shell although interestingly, the transition appeared more gradual than at lower power.  The extensions or jets were easily visible with very small knots ("ansae") occasionally visible at the tips.

 

17.5" (many dates 9/14/85 to 8/10/91): extremely bright, fairly small, very high surface brightness, blue-green color, about 30" diameter to the main oval body.  At 412x, the two famous extensions or "jets" were easily visible extending WSW-ENE from the oval disc using direct vision.  The western extension is brighter and a very small knot (ansae) is visible at moments with concentration at the tip of the west extension. A faint outer shell surrounds the bright disc.

 

13.1" (9/3/83): similar view to 17.5", but the eastern extension was more difficult to view.

 

13.1" (7/16/82 and 8/16/82): both ansae were definite at 280x as faint extensions though the western ansa was easier to see.  A thin fainter shell encases the main body.

 

8" (10/31/81): bright, small, blue-green, high surface brightness.  Rays extending outward are suspected, particularly on the western side in excellent seeing at 200x.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7009 = H. IV-1 = h2098 on 7 Sep 1782 at Datchet with his 6.2-inch reflector.  During his third review of Flamsteed stars and double star survey, he described "a curious nebula, or what else to call it I do not know. It is of a shape somewhat oval, nearly circular, and with this power [460] appears to be about 10 or 15" diameter.  It is of the same shape with 278 but much less in appearance.  With 932 it is still the same shape but much larger.  So that its appearance seems to follow the law of magnifying, from whence it is clear that it is of some real magnitude in the heavens and not a glare of light.  The brightness in all the powers does not differ so much as if it were of a planetary nature but seems to be of the starry kind, tho' no star is visible with any power.  It is all over of nearly the same brightness.  The compound eyepiece will not distinguish it from a fixt star, at least not sensibly".  

 

Wolfgang Steinicke states that Herschel recorded it five more times with his 6.2" during his review period and 6 times during his sweeps with the 18.7".  On 2 Aug 1788 (sweep 851) he wrote, "The planetary nebula, considerably oval, in the direction of the parallel nearly.  Of a bluish light, but not very well defined."  This was a unique instance of recording a color in a planetary. NGC 3242 was described as "the light of the colour of Jupiter", though not a specific color.  In his 1787 paper "On the construction of the heavens", Herschel wrote "The planetary appearance of the first two [NGC 7009 and NGC 7662] is so remarkable, that we can hardly suppose them to be nebulae; their light is so uniform, as well as vivid, the diameters so small and well defined, as to make it impossible  they should belong to that species of bodies.  On the other hand, the effect of different powers seems to be much against their light's being of a planetary nature, since it preserves its brightness nearly in the same manner as the stars do in similar trials." He made a brief observation using the 40-ft (48-inch f/10) on 8 Sep 1792 and noted a "greenish cast".  Herschel made additional observations between 1799 and 1810 with various scopes for a total of 22 observations, by far the most of any PN. 

 

Although Herschel is often credited with first coining the phrase "planetary nebula", some credit should go to Antoine Darquier's description of M57, which he discovered on 31 Jan 1779: "it is pretty dull, but perfectly outlined; it is as large as Jupiter and resembles a fading planet."

 

Wilhelm Struve independently found NGC 7009 (∑ 8) in 1825 or 1826 with the 9.6-inch Great Dorpat refractor.  It was included in his list of 9 "Nebulae dectae" in an appendix to his main catalogue of double stars. Auwers and d'Arrest measured accurate positions.  Lord Rosse, Romney Robinson and George Johnstone Stoney observed the planetary on 23 Oct 1848 resulting in a sketch (Stoney's first observation and sketch) and description, "we have not detected any perforation, but it has ansae, which probably indicate a surrounding nebulous ring seen edgeways". (Fig 14, 1850 paper).

 

Stoney made another observation on 16 Aug 1849 and measured the "position of ring taken with an eyepiece furnished with a level and a position circle.  Inclination of ring to horizon 9°."  Although the nickname "Saturn Nebula" was not mentioned in Robinson's report to the Royal Irish Academy, the description in the 1880 publication (given as 16 Sep 1849) states, "Saturn neb. Pos of ring 81 deg".

 

Using a 9.5" refractor in 1856, Father Secchi sketched NGC 7009 and noted the nebula was fainter at the ends of the major axis and brighter along the north and south sides (AN 43, 157).

 

In 1867 Lassell reported his "Observations with the Four-foot Equatoreal at Malta" and his description from 23 Aug 1862 begins "My first impression of this Nebula was that it was a sky-blue likeness of Saturn".  In a letter dated 26 Sep 1862, he goes into much more detail:  In directing my large equatoreal upon the well-known planetary nebula situated in AR 20h 56m N.P.D. 101° 56' (1862), it has revealed so marvellous a conformation of this object that I cannot forbear to send you a drawing of it [see www.docdb.net/history/texts/display.php?article=1863rsps___12__269l], with some description of its appearance. With comparatively low powers, e.g. 231and 285, it appears at first sight as a vividly light-blue elliptic nebula, with a slight prolongation of the nebula, or a very faint star, at or near the ends of the transverse axis. In this aspect the nebula resembles in form the planet Saturn when the ring is seen nearly edgewise. Attentively viewing it with higher powers, magnifying respectively 760, 1060, and 1480 times, and under the most favourable circumstances which have presented themselves, I have discovered within the nebula a brilliant elliptic ring, extremely well defined, and apparently having no connexion with the surrounding nebula, which indeed has the appearance of a gaseous or gauze-like envelope, scarcely interfering with the sharpness of the ring, and only diminishing somewhat its brightness. This nebulous envelope extends a little further from the ends of the conjugate than from the ends of the transverse axis; indeed, it is but very faintly prolonged, and only just traceable towards the preceding and following stars....

 

Lassell's sketch shows the two ansae or handles as faint stars but the outer halo does not extend as far as the ansae. Hermann Vogel produced an excellent sketch on 20 Sep 1883 using the 27" refractor at Vienna.  Besides the prominent inner elliptical ring and an oval darker central hole, the outer halo extends ENE-WSW and tapers on the ends with a star-like knot on the WSW end.

 

William Huggins first identified the emission line spectrum in 1864 (three lines were noted), along with several other planetaries.  It was confirmed in 1868 by Lieutenant John Herschel, son of John Herschel, in an early spectroscopic investigation of southern nebulae while he was stationed in Bangalore, India.

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NGC 7010 = IC 5082 = MCG -02-53-024 = PGC 66039

21 04 39.5 -12 20 18; Aqr

V = 13.5;  Size 2.3'x1.3';  Surf Br = 14.5;  PA = 30°

 

17.5" (7/8/89): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, weakly concentrated.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7010 = h2100 on 6 Aug 1823 (sweep 48).  This galaxy was the first deep sky object that Herschel discovered during early "practice" sweeps and the first deep sky object that was discovered after his father ended his own sweeps!  John recorded it as "a round, excessively faint nebula, 1' in diameter, resolvable, scarcely (?) perceptible, bM, found in looking vainly for M72."  The sweep number 48 is misleading as this was only his 6th sweep in 1823, with two short "instruction" sweeps performed in 1821 with his father and Aunt Caroline.

 

His practice sweep, along with 6 others in May to September of 1823, were mislaid and later found after he started numbering his sweeps.  For completeness, he sequenced these initial sweeps as numbers 43 to 49.  His position for NGC 7010 was 10' too far south but Herbert Howe measured an accurate position at the turn of the century.  Herschel's first astronomical notebook entries date back to Nov 1816 and include some double stars as well as M31, M32 and M36.

 

Harold Corwin writes that Guillaume Bigourdan misidentified NGC 7010 with a star and rediscovered the galaxy (at the correct position).  Dreyer didn't realize the equivalence, so NGC 7010 was catalogued again as IC 5082.  MCG (-02-53-024) labels this galaxy as IC 5082.

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NGC 7011

21 01 49.7 +47 21 15; Cyg

 

17.5" (9/23/95): at the NGC position are just some scattered faint stars near a mag 9.5 star located at 21 01 52 +47 24.9.  These do not appear to be worth noting at all by John Herschel.  About 15' NE, though, is a fairly bright scattered group located to the southeast of mag 7.5 SAO 50376.  This group is about 5' in length and elongated NW-SE.  Near the center is the brightest star (mag 10) at 21 02 34 +47 32.7.  Also of interest is the Milky Way, which abruptly begins off the southeast side of the low power field and is magnificent to sweep around in this region.  Listed as nonexistent in RNGC.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7011 = h2101 on 19 Sep 1829 and simply noted "A cluster.  No further description."  There are only weak concentrations near his position and Karl Reinmuth concludes "no cluster", based on a Heidelberg plate.  RNGC classifies the number as nonexistent.

 

A small group of 8 mag 13-14 stars in a 3' region lies 2' north of Herschel's position, and Harold Corwin lists this asterism as the most likely candidate.  But I didn't feel it stood out visually.  Another candidate is ~15' northeast (see visual description).  Brent Archinal was unable to visually identify a candidate.  See Harold Corwin's identification notes for the full story.

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NGC 7012 = ESO 286-051 = PGC 66116

21 06 45.5 -44 48 53; Mic

V = 12.7;  Size 2.5'x1.4';  Surf Br = 14.0;  PA = 100°

 

30" (11/5/10 - Coonabarabran, 429x): brightest galaxy in the core of ACO S921.  I quickly took notes on 10 galaxies within a 10' circle including four small companions of NGC 7012 within 2'!  NGC 7012 appeared fairly bright, moderately large, round, 50" diameter, well concentrated with a small bright core.  The brightest nearby companion is ESO-LV 2860520 situated 1.3' SE but two fainter, very small companions (not included in Megastar) are just off the east and NE edge of the halo.  ESO 286-048, a nice edge-on, lies 3.4' NW.  A mag 12 star lies 1' SW and a mag 15 star is 27" SE of center.  The cluster is centered roughly 14' NE of mag 6.9 HD 200554.  The following are some of the nearby galaxies.

 

Anon J2106481-444853

Situated just 32" NE of the center of NGC 7012 in a tight group of 5 galaxies within 2'.  Appeared as a very faint knot, round, 10" diameter.  LCRS B210329.4-450104, a similar faint knot, is just 25" SE.  There is no listing for this galaxy in NED, HyperLeda or SIMBAD.

 

LCRS B210329.4-450104

Situated just 40" E of the center of NGC 7012.  Appeared as a very faint knot, round, 10" diameter with a similar galaxy (uncatalogued) 25" NW.  A very faint star is just off the SW edge, 17" from center, sandwiched between this galaxy and NGC 7012.

 

ESO-LV 2860520 = 2MASX J21065143-4449340 = PGC 66118

This galaxy is situated 1.3' SE of NGC 7012.  It appeared fairly faint, small, round, 20" diameter, small brighter core.  2MASX J21065660-4449137 lies 1' NE.

 

2MASX J21065660-4449137 = MAC 2106-4449 = PGC 533284

Picked up 2' ESE of NGC 7012 in the core of galaxy cluster.  Appeared very faint, very small, 15"x10".  This is the last of four galaxies that follow within 2' of NGC 7012!

 

ESO 286-048

Fairly faint, very elongated 7:2 SW-NE, 0.9'x0.25', brighter core.  Located 3.4' NW of NGC 7012 in the central part of the cluster.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7012 = h3851 on 1 Jul 1834 and recorded "A nebulous looking but doubtful object following a star 10 mag.  My eye is too much fatigued to be able to decide on its nature."  On a later sweep, he added "F; E; very gradually very little brighter middle; 60" l; 30" br; near a star."

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NGC 7013 = UGC 11670 = MCG +05-49-001 = CGCG 491-002 = PGC 66003

21 03 33.3 +29 53 49; Cyg

V = 11.3;  Size 4.0'x1.4';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 157°

 

13.1" (7/20/85): fairly bright, fairly large, elongated NNW-SSE, dominated by a bright core containing a faint stellar nucleus.  A mag 9.5 star (BD+29 4291) lies just off the north edge 1.8' from center.  Located ~ 2° SE of the bright eastern section of the Veil nebula (NGC 6995)!

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7013 = H. II-203 = h2102 on 17 Jul 1784 (sweep 239) and noted "pB, bM, irregularly E, resolvable.  Near a bright star."  His RA was nearly a minute of time too large.  On 11 Sep 1784 (sweep 265) he noted "F, pL, lE, bM, south following a pB star."  John Herschel made two observations.  He described it on 15 Sep 1828 (sweep 177) as "pB; S; pretty suddenly brighter middle; 12"; has a * 10m, pos 345° by micrometer; field full of stars."

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NGC 7014 = ESO 286-057 = LGG 441-010 = PGC 66153

21 07 52.2 -47 10 44; Ind

V = 12.4;  Size 1.9'x1.5';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 130°

 

30" (10/10/15 - OzSky): this galaxy is the brightest member of AGC 3742 = ACO S924 = Indus Group (part of the Pavo-Indus Supercluster). At 394x it appeared fairly bright, moderately large, sharply concentrated with an intense core, slightly elongated halo ~1.2'x1.0'.  Two mag 13.5 stars oriented E-W are 1.2' N.

 

ESO 286-049, situated 11' W, is the second brightest cluster member or equal in visibility to NGC 7014.  It was noted as fairly bright, fairly small, very small and very bright core, halo elongated 3:2 N-S, 0.6'x0.4'.  A mag 10.8 star lies 2.5' NE. The general field is fairly well populated with stars.  

 

LEDA 506328 is 3.7' N and appeared faint to fairly faint, very small, slightly elongated ~E-W, 18"x12".

 

LEDA 101199 is 8' ENE and noted as faint, small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, low surface brightness.  A mag 16 star is situated at the NNW tip.

 

LEDA 130607, located just 1.5' SW of ESO 286-049 and 12' SW of NGC 7014, appeared very faint, very small, round, 10" diameter.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7014 = h3852 on 2 Oct 1834 and recorded "pF; S; R: bM; has 2 st 12th mag north."  His position is at the south edge of ESO 286-057  = PGC 66153 and the two stars are 1.2' north of center.

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NGC 7015 = UGC 11674 = MCG +02-53-012 = CGCG 425-040 = LGG 442-004 = PGC 66076

21 05 37.4 +11 24 51; Equ

V = 12.5;  Size 1.9'x1.6';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 165°

 

13.1" (6/29/84): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated N-S, diffuse, weak concentration.  A mag 15 star is at the south edge 40" from the center.

 

8" (7/24/82): very faint, small, slightly elongated N-S.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7015 = St. 9-26 = Sw. 2-87 on 17 Sep 1878.  His published position (list 9, #26) was reduced on the 29th of Sept. and was very accurate.  Lewis Swift rediscovered this galaxy on 11 Sep 1885 and reported it as new in his second discovery list (#87) with description, "pF, pS, R, little brighter in the middle." His position was 3.5' too far north.  Both Stephan and Swift were credited in the NGC.

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NGC 7016 = ESO 529-025 = MCG -04-49-013 = VV 764 = AM 2104-254 NED1 = PGC 66136

21 07 16.3 -25 28 08; Cap

V = 13.9;  Size 0.7'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.5

 

24" (9/26/19): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, round, ~25" diameter, very small brighter nucleus.

 

24" (8/14/15): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, round, ~20" diameter, contains a brighter core. In a group with NGC 7018 3.2' NE and NGC 7017 1.5' SE.

 

24" (9/27/14): faint, very small, round, 18" diameter.  Brighter NGC 7017 (double system) is just 1.5' SE with NGC 7018 (also a double system) 3.2' NE.

 

18" (8/25/06): faint, small, round, 25" diameter, weak even concentration to a very small brighter nucleus that is occasionally stellar.  Located 3' SW of NGC 7108 in the core of AGC 3744.

 

17.5" (8/21/98): first of trio with NGC 7017 and NGC 7018 within AGC 3744. Appears very faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, very small brighter core.  Forms a close pair with NGC 7017 1.5' SE.

 

17.5" (7/21/90): faint, small, round, bright core.  Forms a close similar pair with NGC 7017 1' SE with brighter NGC 7018 3' NNE.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7016 = LM 1-237, along with NGC 7017 and NGC 7018, on 8 Jul 1885.  He noted "mag 14.0, eS, R, brighter middle to a nucleus, 1st of 3."  These three the brightest galaxies in the core of AGC 3744.  His rough position (nearest minute of RA) is about 1.5' south of ESO 529-025.  Herbert Howe's corrected position is accurate.

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NGC 7017 = ESO 529-026 = MCG -04-49-014 = VV 764 = AM 2104-254 NED2 = PGC 66137

21 07 20.6 -25 29 16; Cap

V = 14.4;  Size 0.6'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 90°

 

24" (9/26/19): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated E-W, ~0.5'x0.4', increases gradually to a brighter core.

 

24" (8/14/15): at 375x; moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 5:3 E-W, ~30"x18", bright core.  Although sometimes it appeared roundish, occasionally the elongated glow just resolved into a very close pair [separation 12" between centers] with the smaller (barely nonstellar) and fainter component on the east side.

 

24" (9/27/14): at 375x appeared fairly faint, small, slightly elongated E-W, 25"x20".  Occasionally a very faint "knot" was attached at the east end, ~6" diameter.  This is a merged double system with the east "knot" listed in NED as NGC 7017 NED2.

 

18" (8/25/06): faint, small, elongated 4:3 ~E-W, brighter core.  Similar brightness to nearby NGC 7016 but contains a more condensed core.  Located 3.7' SSW of NGC 7018 in the core of AGC 3744.

 

17.5" (8/21/98): very faint, very small, ~30"x20".  Similar to NGC 7016 just 1.5' NW within AGC 3744.

 

17.5" (7/21/90): faint, small, round, bright core.  Forms a close similar pair with NGC 7016 1' NW.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7017 = LM 1-238, along with NGC 7016 and NGC 7018, on 8 Jul 1885.  He noted "mag 15.0, vS, R, brighter middle to a nucleus, 2nd of 3."  His rough position (nearest minute of RA) essentially matches ESO 529-026 = PGC 66137, though Herbert Howe measured an accurate position with the 20-inch refractor at Denver.

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NGC 7018 = ESO 529-027 = MCG -04-49-015 = VV 764 NED1 = AM 2104-253 NED1 = PGC 66141 = PGC 93985

21 07 25.4 -25 25 44; Cap

V = 13.5;  Size 0.9'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 86°

 

24" (9/26/19): at 375x; fairly faint, oval 3:2 E-W, ~0.6'x0.4', broad concentration.  A mag 13.5 star is close north [1' from center].

 

24" (8/14/15): at 225x; moderately bright, elongated 5:3 E-W, ~30"x18".  At 375x, resolved into a very close pair of galaxies [just 10" between centers!] oriented E-W.  The western component is slightly smaller and fainter, with the brighter 15" galaxy on the east side.  A mag 13.5 star lies 1' N.

 

24" (9/27/14): NGC 7018 is the brightest member in AGC 3744.  At 375x; fairly faint, elongated 5:3 ~E-W.  This double system often resolves into two tangent components; the eastern one (2MASX J21072565-2525430) is slightly larger and brighter (~18" diameter) and the western (2MASX J21072463-2525569) is very compact (~12" diameter).

 

Nearby are NGC 7016 3.2' SW, NGC 7017 3.7' SSW and MCG -04-49-016 2.6' ENE.  The MCG appeared very faint, extremely small, round, just 12" diameter.  A mag 15 star is 0.6' SW.

 

18" (8/25/06): brightest in the AGC 3744 cluster.  At 220x appeared fairly faint, elongated 3:2 ~E-W, 45"x30", gradually brighter core and slightly brighter along the major axis.  A mag 12.5 star lies 1' N.  Located 10' NE of an 8th magnitude star and 25' S of 4.5-magnitiude 24 Cap.

 

17.5" (8/21/98): the brightest member of AGC 3744 appeared faint, small, elongated 3:2 E-W, 30"x20", weak concentration.  A mag 13 star lies 1' N.  Brightest in a quartet with NGC 7016 3.2' SW and NGC 7017 3.7' SSW.

 

17.5" (7/21/90): faint, small, slightly elongated E-W, weak concentration.  A mag 13 star is 1.0' N.  Brightest in a trio with NGC 7016 and NGC 7017 3' SW.  Located 30' SSE of 24 Cap (V = 4.5).

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7018 = LM 1-239, along with NGC 7016 and NGC 7017, on 8 Jul 1885.  He noted "vF, vS, vlE, gradually little brighter in the middle to a nucleus, 3rd and brightest of 3."  His rough position (nearest minute of RA) is 2' south of ESO 529-027 = PGC 66141 = PGC 93985.  Herbert Howe measured an accurate position with the 20-inch refractor at Denver.

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NGC 7019 = ESO 529-022 = PGC 66107

21 06 25.7 -24 24 46; Cap

V = 14.2;  Size 0.6'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.1;  PA = 137°

 

17.5" (7/26/95): very faint, small, round, 40" diameter, low even surface brightness, can just hold steadily with averted vision.  Follows a very distinctive "V" shaped asterism of six equal mag 13-13.5 stars with the vertex at the west end.  This vertex star is 3.4' due west of center.

 

17.5" (8/7/91): very faint, very small, round.  Located 3' E of a striking line of four mag 13 stars oriented SW-NE which are equally spaced and part of a larger string.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7019 = LM 1-240 in 1886 and noted mag 15.0, vS, suddenly brighter in the middle to a nucleus.  His rough position (nearest minute of RA, which itself is marked as uncertain) is 1 minute of RA east of ESO 529-022 = PGC 66107 and matches in declination.

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NGC 7020 = NGC 7021 = ESO 107-013 = AM 2106-641 = LGG 443-002 = PGC 66291

21 11 19.9 -64 01 27; Pav

V = 11.8;  Size 3.7'x1.8';  Surf Br = 13.8;  PA = 165°

 

30" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 394x; bright, fairly large, elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE, ~2.5'x1.2', sharply concentrated with a very bright elongated core that increases to the center and a very low surface brightness halo.  Located 8' E of mag 6.9 HD 201020.  Brightest in a small group with IC 5092 41' SE and IC 5096 49' NE.  Structurally, NGC 7020 is one of the most prominent outer-ringed (detached) galaxies in the sky, with an unusual hexagonal-shaped inner ring.

 

John Herschel found NGC 7020 = h3853 on 31 Aug 1836 and recorded "pB; lE; pretty gradually brighter middle; 30" long."  He had discovered this galaxy earlier on 22 Jun 1835, but made a 30' error in declination (too far north) and it was catalogued separately as h3854 (later NGC 7021).  The error was noted by Lauberts (1980) in ESO. So, NGC 7020 = NGC 7021.

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NGC 7021 = NGC 7020 = ESO 107-013 = AM 2106-641 = PGC 66291

21 11 19.9 -64 01 27; Pav

V = 11.8;  Size 3.7'x1.8';  Surf Br = 13.8;  PA = 165°

 

See observing notes for NGC 7020.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7021 = h3854 on 22 Jun 1835 and recorded "pF; R; pretty suddenly brighter middle; 25"; has a * 7-8m 10' preceding, exactly in the parallel.  There is nothing at his position, but 30' south is ESO 107-013 = PGC 66291 and the comment about the bright star to the west clinches this identification.  JH rediscovered this galaxy on 31 Aug 1836, measured an accurate position, and listed it as h3853 (later NGC 7020).  So, NGC 7021 = NGC 7020.  Both DeLisle Stewart and Royal Frost reported not finding NGC 7021 at JH's (erroneous) position (IC 2 Notes).

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NGC 7022 = ESO 235-065 = PGC 66224

21 09 35.2 -49 18 13; Ind

V = 13.0;  Size 1.5'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 16°

 

30" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 394x, moderately bright and large, elongated 2:1 N-S, ~45"x20", irregular surface brightness with slightly brighter middle and major axis but no distinct core.  A mag 16 star is at or just off the north tip.  A string of 3 mag 11.5-13 stars oriented NNW-SSE lies 5' SE.  NGC 7029 lies 22' E.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7022 = h3855, along with NGC 7029, on 2 Oct 1834 and recorded "eeF; S; R; on a delicately and uniformly stipled ground; a bright triple star 6' or 7' sf nearly points to it."

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NGC 7023 = LBN 487 = Ced 187 = vdB 139 = Iris Nebula

21 01 36 +68 10; Cep

Size 18'x18'

 

18" (7/24/06): viewed at 160x, this detailed reflection nebula displayed a great deal of interesting structure!  Surrounding the mag 7.4 illuminating star HD 200775 (pre-main-sequence Herbig Be star) is a bright halo of nebulosity extending mostly north of the star and ending just south of the star in a well-defined slightly curving border.  A wide absorption lane cuts into the nebulosity from the southwest towards the bright star.  To the south of the star is a triangular region of haze (brightest just south of the central star) roughly filling in the region defined by a mag 13.5 star 5.5' SSE and a fainter star a similar distance southwest.  A larger section of faint haze extending N-S is seemingly detached at the periphery on the east side of the nebula (this is an outer "wing" on photographs) and a more vaguely defined region of low surface brightness haze is detached on the western side (also oriented N-S).  These two detached wings give a diameter of at least 7'.

 

17.5" (8/13/88): very prominent unusual nebulosity surrounding mag 7.4 SAO 19158.  A dark lane oriented SSW-NNE is following the bright star.  Nebulosity may extend to a star 3' SSE that also has a halo.

 

13.1" (9/22/84): the dark lane appears to be following the central star and oriented ~N-S.

 

13.1" (9/11/82): bright, large nebulosity surrounding a mag 7 star.  There is a sharp light cut-off on the east side near the bright star, although nebulosity extends beyond.

 

8" (8/28/81): nebulosity extends south of the mag 7.5 star with averted vision using 100-125x. A very faint star is at the south edge.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7023 = H. IV-74 on 18 Oct 1794 (sweep 1063). He recorded "7m.  A star very much affected with nebulosity that more than fills the field, it seemed to extend to at least a degree all round; small stars such as 9 or 10m of which there are a great number, are perfectly free from this appearance, but everything about the telescope being very damp, I have suspicion of a deception."  Per Collinder mistakenly equated a cluster (Cr 429) with NGC 7023.  Cr 427 is a very faint cluster close west, though Archinal and Hynes noted "His position for Cr 429 fall precisely on the actual location for the real cluster here, Cr 427.  And Collinder's position for the real cluster falls 1 minute to the west of it on comparitively empty sky."

 

In 1907 Max Wolf photographed the nebula with the 28" reflector of the Konigstuhl Observatory and found the nebula was encircled by a lacuna or ring 0.5° in diameter, which is "absolutely empty of faint stars" [dubbed a "Hohlennebel" or "cave-nebula"] .  He noted "In spite of the small field of the reflector-plate, there was evidence that the cavity was the end of a channel entering the picture almost exactly from the south...The nebula itself is a very remarkable object.  In many respects it resembles in form the Pi2 Cygni nebula [IC 5146 = Cocoon Nebula]."  The surrounding void was first photographed by Dr. Roberts.  The reflection nebula vdB 152, also in Cepheus, is another example.

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NGC 7024

21 06 09.1 +41 29 22; Cyg

Size 8'

 

17.5" (10/21/95): this fairly rich Milky Way field shows up reasonably distinctly at low power with a 20 Nagler.  The densest part consists of 30 mag 12-14 stars in a 6' irregular outline.  There is also a looser group of stars attached to the NE extending the diameter to 15'.  The group on the NE side appears part of the same stream and includes several mag 11 stars.  Listed as nonexistent in RNGC.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7024 = H. VIII-57 = h2103 on 17 Oct 1786 (sweep 612) and recorded "A cluster of coarsely scattered pS stars of several sizes, not rich."  On 1 Oct 1828 (sweep 183), John Herschel logged "A loose struggling coarse cl.  Stars 10...11m, place that of 3 *s 10m in a triangle in the closest part.  Several st precede the cl, which seems to be an outlier of the second branch of the Milky Way."

 

Karl Reinmuth reported its photographic appearance as "an irregular loose clustering of st 10..."  Although it may not be a true cluster, RNGC misclassifies the number as nonexistent.

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NGC 7025 = UGC 11681 = MCG +03-54-001 = CGCG 449-003 = LGG 442-008 = PGC 66151

21 07 47.3 +16 20 09; Del

V = 12.8;  Size 1.9'x1.3';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 33°

 

18" (10/8/05): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated SW-NE, 0.8'x0.6', sharply concentrated with a well-defined bright core and a faint halo.  The core brightness somewhat to the center.  Situated just 40" E of a mag 9.7 star, which is on the east edge of a bright, scattered group of stars ("Toadstool" or French 1).

 

13.1" (9/29/84): fairly faint, very small, almost round, small bright nucleus.  Located close following a large, scattered group of bright mag 8-10 stars (dubbed the "Toadstool" by Sue French) and just 0.7' E of a mag 9.5 star!

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7025 = m 433 on 17 Sep 1863 and noted "vF, vS, R, stell."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7026 = PK 89+0.1 = PN G089.0+00.3 = Cheeseburger Nebula

21 06 18.6 +47 51 08; Cyg

V = 10.9;  Size 29"x13"

 

18" (9/10/07): at 565x the "Cheeseburger Nebula' was easily resolved into two small, elongated knots oriented ~E-W and with both lobes slightly extended ~N-S.  Both knots are lively or mottled and slightly tapered in shape.  They both contain stellar or quasi-stellar points near their centers with the western nucleus slightly easier.  The eastern lobe is barely larger and brighter.  The lobes are nearly tangent [6" apart between centers] but just separated by a darker lane and both lobes are encased in a common halo.  At 807x, the two lobes were clearly separated by a dark lane (the Cheeseburger's "patty"!) oriented SSW to NNE.  A central star was not seen. A mag 10.5 star is off the NE side, less than 30" from the center.  Located 13' NNW of the mag 4.6 star 63 Cygni.

 

17.5" (7/9/99): fascinating object at 380x both with and without a UHC filter.  The double-lobed structure was clearly visible with the western lobe slightly elongated N-S and containing a brighter center.  The eastern knot also has a quasi-stellar center at moments using direct vision and the knot has an irregular outline.  Using the UHC, the lobes were more cleanly separated and the small fainter halo that encases the two bright lobes as more obvious.  A mag 11 star is just 0.5' NE of center.  Located 12.5' NNW of mag 4.7 63 Cygni.

 

13.1" (9/3/83): at 333x appears fairly bright, very small, elongated WSW-ENE.  Two brighter condensations at the opposite ends are possibly barely detached at the center.  Forms a double at low power with a comparable mag 11 star 27" NE of center.

 

Sherburne Burnham discovered NGC 7026 on 6 Jul 1873 with his personal 6-inch Clark refractor at his home in Chicago (Memoirs of the RAS, Vol 44, p295).  It was described in his "Third Catalogue of Double Stars" (1873) as "a very remarkable and curious double, or elongated planetary (?) nebula.  It is close to a 9.3m star.  This may have been noted before, but it is not in Herschel's General Catalogue, or Lassell's Catalogue of New Nebulae."  It was also included in his 1879 "Double Star Observations made in 1877-8 at Chicago with the 18 1/2-inch Refractor of the Dearborn Observatory, comprising: I. A Catalogue of 251 New Double Stars with Measures; II. Micrometrical Measures of 500 Double Stars."  He noted the "distance between nuclei as 2.57".  Dreyer missed Burnham's two discovery notes, so NGC 7026 wasn't added to the General Catalog Supplement.

 

Ralph Copeland independently found this planetary on 18 Nov 1880 using a visual spectroscopic sweep and announced "a new planetary nebula has been found by Dr. Copeland at Dunecht, using Prof. Pickering's method of search."  Burnham caught Copeland's "discovery" note and claimed priority in another 1881 article ("The planetary nebula in Cygnus").  Burnham later studied NGC 7026 with the 36" Lick refractor.

 

In 1909, Rev. Thomas Espin wrote (1909MNRAS..70..184E), "This autumn I have observed the nebula on several occasions.  It consists of two elongated masses running N and small, each of which has a nucleus.  To my eye the preceding nucleus is slightly brighter, and I have estimated them as 11.2, 11.4 mag, respectively.  On Nov. 15 it seemed to me that the south part of the nebula ends more abruptly than the north.  On the same night a faint star was suspected at the south end, and attempts were made to measure it.  On all occasions the space between the two masses has seemed filled with nebulosity, and the object has appeared as one nebula with two nuclei."

 

Based on Crossley photographs taken at Lick, Heber Curtis (1918) reported "very irregular; there are two bright lobes 5" long in the shorter exposures symmetrically placed with regard to the central star, and about 6" apart from center to center.  A bridge of nebulosity connects these and involves the central star, so that it resembles the letter H.  Irregular wisps extend from each end of this formation, making the total length about 25" in p.a. about 10°.

 

Jay McNeil coined the nickname "Cheeseburger Nebula" in 1994 with a 10" f/5 Cave reflector.  "It very much so reminded me of a small, nebulous hamburger with two perfectly shaped "buns" separated by a long thin dark lane (the meat ;-)."

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NGC 7027 = PK 84-3.1 = PN G084.9-03.4

21 07 01.5 +42 14 10; Cyg

V = 8.5;  Size 18"x11"

 

48" (10/24/14): this fairly small, ultra-high surface brightness green planetary was observed at 610x.  Overall, the object extends ~18"x12" NW-SE, but split up into three distinct components.  The first and brightest component is an elongated glow (~10"x6" NW-SE) on the northwest side, which contains a very small, intensely bright knot at its western edge!  The second bright component is adjacent to its east and is separated by a thin, darker lane. This section has an elongated, irregular outline (~10"x6" NW-SE), and is slightly mottled with brighter spots.  A thin, high-contrast dark lane runs WSW-ENE at the south edge of these two sections. The third bright component, just southeast of this lane, appeared as an irregular, elongated bar, running 2:1 WSW-ENE, ~12"x6" and formed a "cap" on the southeast side.  The two ends of this cap are very slightly curved (concave to the northwest). 

 

18" (9/10/07): at 175x; appears as a small, very high surface brightness oval with a blue-green color.  At 450x, this planetary is elongated 3:2 NW-SE, ~18"x12" and has an unusual bipolar appearance with two lobes.  The 10" NW component has a very high surface brightness and contains a quasi-stellar brighter knot on its west edge.  A fainter lobe juts out towards the SE and is slightly smaller (~8").  At 565x the SE lobe seems incomplete as if it was partially obscured and the two lobes are encased in a thin outer envelope.  The view was fascinating at 807x with the sense of peering at a 3-dimensional object - the brighter NW lobe being closer and the partially overlapped SE lobe extending away in space.  At this power both lobes were clearly irregular in shape and surface brightness.

 

17.5" (10/2/99): At 100x, the small greenish disc is very prominent but at higher powers appears bluish.  Easily takes very high power and the view unfiltered at 380x and 500x was striking.  Appears elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 0.3'x0.2', with two distinct lobes.  The NW knot is slightly brighter and at times a stellar spot or star appears embedded at its SW tip.  At 500x, the two knots are encased in a very small common halo that extends further out on the north side.  The southern edge of both knots has a sharp, flat appearance.

 

13.1" (9/11/82): at 288x; small, bright, unusually high surface brightness, elongated NW-SE.  There are two distinct overlapping nuclei and a narrow dark lane possibly separates these two condensations.

 

80mm (9/10/07): visible as a mag 8.5-9 "star" at 12.5x in the 80mm finder and easily identified using an OIII blink.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7027 = St. 9-27 on 18 Sep 1878 with the 31-inch Foucault reflector at the Marseilles observatory. This planetary is probably the brightest object he discovered.  From some reason it wasn't included in Esmiol's 1916 re-reduction of Stephan's positions.

 

The following observational history is from Wolfgang Steinicke.  The Reverend Thomas Webb independently rediscovered NGC 7027 on 14 Nov 1879 using his 9.4-inch With reflector.  He described it as an "object like a bluish 9 mag star, not quite of stellar character - a small pair, too close to be separated?"  At higher magnifications it was seen as "bright, very ill-defined, nebulous disk of about 4" diameter, surrounded probably by a little glow, and much resembling the planet Uranus."  Webb's announcement in several publications created a flurry of interest in late 1879 with spectroscopic observations by Knott, Copeland, Winnecke, Vogel.  In 1880, Dreyer noted Stephan's prior discovery, though it was still commonly assumed that Webb was the discoverer.  E.E. Barnard observed NGC 7027 in June of 1889 with the Lick 36-inch at 500x (with Burnham) and logged, "In the preceding part there is a small bluish -green star like object - shining through ? haze.  Occasionally a darkish space separates the condensations into two."

 

Based on Crossley photographs taken at Lick, Heber Curtis (1918) reported "the condensations are not stellar in the shortest exposures.  Quite irregular and roughly trinuclear, though the southern condensation is apparently two masses close together.  The southern condensation and the brighter at the north are 7.5" apart in p.a. 135°."

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NGC 7028 = CGCG 448-039??

21 08 18 +18 29; Del

 

= Not found, Carlson.  = **?, Gottlieb.  Possibly CGCG 448-039, Corwin.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7028 = m 434 on 17 Sep 1863 and noted "vF, S, vlE."  Near his position are only stars and its possible he mistook some close pair of stars as a nebula, though the observation is marked as verified.  Harold Corwin found no systematic offset on the sweep that would point to a specific star(s).  Two possible candidates are UGC 11676 = CGCG 448-039 (mentioned by Corwin), which lies 2.4 minutes of RA to the west or CGCG 449-005, which lies 17' south.  Neither of these objects, though, are at a simple digit (clerical) offset, so would be simply guesses.  See Corwin's notes for more (unlikely) candidates.

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NGC 7029 = ESO 235-072 = PGC 66318

21 11 52.0 -49 17 01; Ind

V = 11.5;  Size 2.6'x1.4';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 71°

 

30" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 394x; fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 3:2 WSW-ENE, 1.8'x1.2', strong concentration with a very bright core, rounded ends to the major axis.  A mag 15.1 star is 50" WSW of center, just off the tip.  NGC 7022 lies 22' W.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7029 = h3856, along with NGC 7022, on 2 Oct 1834 and logged "B; R; gradually pretty much brighter middle; 35"."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7030 = ESO 598-028 = PGC 66283

21 11 13.3 -20 29 09; Cap

V = 13.7;  Size 0.9'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 70°

 

17.5" (7/21/90): fairly faint, fairly small, round, bright core.  An anonymous galaxy is 13' WNW.  Located 25' E of 27 Capricorni (V = 6.2).

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7030 = LM 1-241 on 3 Sep 1885 and noted "mag 14.0, vS, irregularly round, sbnMN."  His rough position (nearest min of RA) is 1 minute of time west of ESO 598-028 = PGC 66283.  Ormond Stone later measured an accurate position at the Leander McCormick Observatory (repeated in the IC 1 Notes).

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NGC 7031 = Cr 430 = Lund 979 = OCL-210

21 07 12 +50 52; Cyg

V = 9.1;  Size 5'

 

17.5" (8/10/91 and 7/30/92): at 220x, about two dozen stars mag 11-15 in a 6' diameter.  At the east edge is close double star 11.4/11.8 with a third mag 11.5 star close SW.  A nice string of stars is along the north side extending NW from the trio including a close double star 12/13 1' N.  A mag 11 star is on south side but the rest of the stars are mag 13-15.  Not very rich but stands out in a rich field.  The cluster is fairly scattered except for this region with brighter stars.  At 410x, I used the sequence of magnitudes in Clark's Visual Astronomy to identify a faint V = 16.1 star and suspected a V = 16.3 star.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7031 = H. VIII-74 = h2105 on 21 Sep 1788 (sweep 860) and recorded "a coarsely sc cl of large stars, not very rich, about 5 or 6' diam."

 

John Herschel observed the cluster on 8 Sep 1829 (sweep 207): "a curious scattered cluster of triple stars; RA taken from the working list [based on Caroline's Zone Catalogue, prepared for his sweeps]."

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NGC 7032 = ESO 074-026 = PGC 66427

21 15 22.9 -68 17 16; Pav

V = 12.9;  Size 1.1'x1.0';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 85°

 

25" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 244x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 0.6'x0.5', broad weak concentration.  A distinctive 7' group of mag 10.5 and fainter stars that is extended N-S lies ~6' W.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7032 = h3857 on 20 Jul 1835 and noted "vF; R; gradually little brighter middle; 25"."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7033 = MCG +02-54-002 = CGCG 426-006 = PGC 66228

21 09 36.2 +15 07 30; Peg

V = 14.1;  Size 0.7'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 170°

 

24" (6/30/16): at 322x; moderately bright, fairly small, round, 24" diameter, well concentrated with a small bright core.  A mag 10.8 star is 2.3' NNW.  Forms a similar pair with NGC 7034 1.6' NNE.  

 

17.5" (8/2/89): very faint, small, round, weak concentration, very faint stellar nucleus.  Close pair with NGC 7034 1.6' N.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7033 = m 435, along with NGC 7034, on 17 Sep 1863 and noted "vF, S, R."  His RA is 2 seconds too large.

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NGC 7034 = UGC 11687 = MCG +02-54-003 = CGCG 426-007 = PGC 66227

21 09 38.2 +15 09 02; Peg

V = 13.8;  Size 1.0'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 125°

 

24" (6/30/16): at 322x; moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated WNW-ESE, 30"x24", well concentrated with a small bright nucleus.  A mag 10.8 star is 1.4' NW.  NGC 7034 is the slightly larger of a similar pair with NGC 7033 1.6' SSW.  Located just east of the border of Delphinus into Pegasus.

 

17.5" (8/2/89): very faint, small, slightly elongated, weak concentration, very faint stellar nucleus.  Close pair with NGC 7033 1.6' S.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7034 = m 436, along with NGC 7033, on 17 Sep 1863 and noted "vF, vS, R."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7035 = ESO 530-15 = PGC 66258

21 10 46.3 -23 08 09; Cap

V = 14.4;  Size 0.6'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.9

 

17.5" (8/2/97): brightest in a small group of galaxies - this object was quickly noticed to be double at 220x oriented WNW-ESE.  The very close components are just resolved, round, ~20" diameter each and very similar in brightness.  Several faint galaxies are in the field to the east including ESO 530-018, MCG +05-50-004 and ESO 530-020 (resolved triple galaxy).

 

ESO 530-018 is an extremely faint and small object in the NGC 7035 group. Located 8' ESE of NGC 7035 and 4' W of the ESO 530-020 triplet. It required concentration and extended viewing to glimpse this threshold object close (NE) of a mag 15 star.  Confusing the observation further is a second threshold galaxy (MCG +05-50-004) that was also glimpsed on a couple of occasions close southeast of the star.

 

MCG -04-50-007 is the middle in a close trio oriented SW to NE.  Although appearing very faint and small, this member is the largest and brightest of the trio (ESO 530-020), seems to have a brighter core and is slightly elongated ~SW-NE.  MCG -04-50-006 is the furthest southwest and appears extremely faint, very small, slightly elongated SSW-NNE, but direction uncertain due to faintness. MCG -04-50-008 is the northeast member of the chain and appeared extremely faint, very small, round.  This galaxy is close SE [40"] of a mag 13 star and is just cleanly resolved from MCG -04-50-007 to the southwest.  The trio is situated 4' S of a striking double star h5251 = 8.5/8.7 at 9".

 

Frank Muller discovered NGC 7035 = LM 2-460 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory.  His rough position (nearest minute of RA) is 21h 11m -23d 05' and he only noted "iR" with a size of 0.5'.  ESO/Uppsala and Harold Corwin identify ESO 530-015 as NGC 7035 as the most likely candidate.  This is a close pair of interacting galaxies about 3' south and 34 second of RA west of Muller's position.  Corwin's Southern Galaxy Catalogue has listings for both components, identified as NGC 7035a and NGC 7035b. 

 

The RNGC identifies either edge-on ESO 530-018 or nearby MCG -04-50-004 as NGC 7035.  This pair lies 5' to 6' south of Muller's position, though happen to match in RA.  As the Leander McCormick positions tend to be fairly accurate in declination, this identification is less likely.  It is also possible that NGC 7035 refers to a close chain of three galaxies 4' east of the edge-on, though Muller would have probably resolved this trio.  There are a number of galaxies in the area, roughly matching Muller's declination, so if he was too far west in RA then there are several additional candidates!

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NGC 7036

21 10 12 +15 22 36; Peg

 

17.5" (10/21/95): very poor scattered asterism of 10 unrelated mag 11-13 stars in a 4' diameter.  This is totally unimpressive group and I'm surprised it was noted by John Herschel.  Most of the stars form an oval outline highlighted by a tighter group of four stars within 1' diameter at the south end of the oval.  There are no stars within the asterism's outline.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7036 = h2104 on 11 Oct 1825 and noted "A scattered cluster of small stars."  A scattered group of stars is centered about 5' south of Herschel's position, and this is likely the intended object.  Karl Reinmuth notes "no distinct Cl" and the RNGC misclassifies the number as nonexistent.

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NGC 7037

21 10 49 +33 44 48; Cyg

Size 8'x3'

 

17.5" (8/25/95): this asterism is elongated 8'x3' in a SW-NE orientation and is situated in a fairly rich field.  Consists of about 50 stars mag 11-14.5 with the brightest two mag 11/11.5 stars near the center at 50" separation.  The region northeast of this pair is fairly rich in mag 13 stars.  Appears best at 100x where it is detached in the field.  Listed as nonexistent in RNGC.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7037 = h2106 on 5 Aug 1829 and recorded "a cluster, not very rich; irreg figure, 8' l, 5' br; stars 11...15m."  His position is very close to the brightest star (11th magnitude) near the center of this group.  At Birr Castle in 1876, Sir Robert Ball called it "Many st, but no remarkable cl."  Based on its photographic appearance at Heidelberg, Karl Reinmuth noted "Cl, pS, E, pP, st pF."  Though this group of stars may be an asterism, it stands out clearly on the DSS and the RNGC misclassifies it as nonexistent.

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NGC 7038 = ESO 286-079 = AM 2111-472 = LGG 441-011 = PGC 66414

21 15 07.5 -47 13 14; Ind

V = 11.8;  Size 3.2'x1.6';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 127°

 

25" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 244x; fairly bright, large, elongated nearly 2:1 NW-SE, 2.5'x1.4', broad concentration with a small brighter core.  Spiral structure is evident in the outer halo with two arms noted. One is attached on the northwest side of the middle region and curls to the south.  A second arm is attached on the south side and curls to the east and north.  A mag 14 star is 1.8' E.  A mag 11 star situated 2.6' NE is the brightest in a string oriented northwest to southeast.

 

NGC 7038 is an outlying member of AGC 3742 = ACO S924 = Indus Group of galaxies.  The cluster is roughly 200 million years distant.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7038 = h3858 on 30 Sep 1834 and recorded "B; L; pmE; gradually brighter in the middle; 2' l; 90" br."  His position (also measured on the next sweep) is accurate.

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NGC 7039 = Cr 431 = Lund 981 = OCL-203

21 10 48 +45 37; Cyg

V = 7.6;  Size 25'

 

17.5" (9/7/91): about 125 stars in a 15'-20' diameter.  This is a very large, rich triangular group.  Two bright mag 7.5 stars are at the SSW and NNE ends.  Also two mag 9 stars are involved.  Very rich in mag 12-13 stars.  Overall, this is a pretty uniform cluster with a sprinkling of brighter stars.  Excellent low power Milky Way field using a 20mm Nagler.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7039 = h2107 on 19 Sep 1829 and recorded "a star 6-7m situated just beyond the nf edge of a L, p rich cluster, 11...15m, 20' long, 7' broad.  Extended from nf to sp."  His position matches mag 6.7 HD 201935 on the northeast side of the cluster.

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NGC 7040 = UGC 11701 = MCG +01-54-004 = CGCG 401-008 = PGC 66366

21 13 16.5 +08 51 54; Equ

V = 14.2;  Size 1.0'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 150°

 

24" (8/31/16): fairly faint or moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated, 25"x20", small brighter nucleus.  A mag 15 star is at the south edge of the halo.  The SDSS shows an E-W line of 3 faint stars on the south edge, though the middle "star" is classified as a galaxy.  CGCG 401-006, located 8.7' SW, appeared fairly faint, small, round, 18" diameter, small bright core, stellar nucleus.

 

17.5" (8/10/91): faint, fairly small, diffuse, oval 3:2 NNW-SSE, low almost even surface brightness.  A very faint mag 15.5 star superimposed at the south edge is identified in CGCG and UGC as an extremely compact companion with dimensions 15"x7" but NED notes this may be a close line of three stars.

 

Forms a pair with MCG +01-54-003 = CGCG 401-006 = PGC 66355 9' SW.  This galaxy appeared very faint, very small, round, bright core, faint stellar nucleus.  Located almost at the center of a 3' square consisting of four mag 12.5-13.5 stars.  In the same 220x field with NGC 7040 9' NE.

 

17.5" (8/31/86): faint, diffuse, irregularly round, no noticeable core.  A faint "star" is embedded on the south edge.

 

Mark Harrington, director of the Detroit Observatory in Ann Arbor, discovered NGC 7040 on 18 Aug 1882 with a 12 5/8-inch Fitz refractor.  His discovery note in AN 2479 mentions "it is so faint that I can only see it after resting my eyes in the dark a few moments.  It is about 3' long by half that in breadth and is extended north and south, the northern end preceding a bit."  Although the size estimate is too large, his position is a good match with UGC 11701.  See Harold Corwin's identification notes.

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NGC 7041 = ESO 235-082 = LGG 444-001 = PGC 66463

21 16 32.4 -48 21 49; Ind

V = 11.2;  Size 3.6'x1.5';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 85°

 

30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 394x; extremely bright, very large, elongated nearly 3:1 E-W, ~2.8'x1.0', high surface brightness, very sharply concentrated with an intensely bright, very elongated core.  A mag 10.7 star is 2' SSE and a mag 10.4 star is 6' WNW.  NGC 7049 lies 27' SE.  These two galaxies are the brightest in a group including ESO 235-083 14' ENE and NGC 7014A/7041B 14' ESE.

 

ESO 235-083 is fairly faint, small, slightly elongated NNW-SSE, 24"x18", broad weak concentration.  A mag 15.6 star is 35" N of center.  NGC 7041A is moderately bright and large, oval 4:3 SSW-NNE, ~0.8'x0.6', slightly brighter nucleus.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7041 = h3859 on 7 Jul 1834 and recorded "B; pmE; pretty suddenly much brighter middle; 40" l; has a * 11m sf."  His position (measured on 2 sweeps) is accurate.

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NGC 7042 = UGC 11702 = MCG +02-54-013 = CGCG 426-023 = LGG 442-001 = PGC 66378

21 13 45.8 +13 34 30; Peg

V = 12.0;  Size 2.0'x1.8';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 140°

 

24" (7/23/20): at 375x; moderately bright, relatively large, ~1.2' diameter, broad concentration with a slightly brighter core that appears offset to the NW within the brighter main portion of the galaxy.  The outer halo has a very low surface brightness with an indistinct edge.  In a rich star field with a mag 11.5 star 2.3' NE.  Forms a pair with fainter NGC 7043 5.5' NE.

 

CGCG 426-21 (II Zw 106), situated 29' NW, appeared  fairly faint, irregularly round, ~25" diameter, sharply concentrated with a very bright nucleus of high surface brightness and a small halo of low surface brightness. A mag 15.5 star is off the SW side

 

17.5" (8/31/86): fairly faint, moderately large, round, bright core.  Forms a pair with NGC 7043 5.4' NE.  A mag 12 star lies 2.3' NE between the galaxies.  Observed through haze.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7042 = H. III-209 on 16 Oct 1784 (sweep 294) and recorded "vF, S, R."  Caroline's reduction is 12 seconds west and 1.5' north of UGC 11702.  Albert Marth discovery nearby NGC 7043.

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NGC 7043 = UGC 11704 = MCG +02-54-014 = CGCG 426-024 = LGG 442-002 = PGC 66385

21 14 04.2 +13 37 33; Peg

V = 13.7;  Size 1.0'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 135°

 

24" (7/23/20): at 375x; faint, fairly small, round, low nearly even surface brightness, at most 30" diameter.  Several faint stars are within 1.5' and a mag 11.5 star is 3' SW. This star is roughly midway to larger and brighter NGC 7042 5.4' SW.

 

17.5" (8/31/86): very faint, small, round.  Located 5.4' NE of much brighter NGC 7042.  Observed through haze.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7043 = m 437 on 18 Aug 1863 and noted "vF, S, R."  His position is accurate (noted as verified).  Harold Corwin notes that Reinmuth reported NGC 7043 as "Not found" in his 1927 photographic survey "Die Herschel Nebel" based on Heidelberg plates, though his remark is in parenthesis indicating the plate was poor in some respect.

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NGC 7044 = Lund 984 = OCL-198

21 13 09.4 +42 29 46; Cyg

Size 3.5'

 

24" (7/30/16): at 375x and 500x; perhaps a total of 50 stars in a circular 4' region are resolved over a mottled, scraggly glow.  Several of the fainter stars were near my visual threshold, so popped in and out of view with the seeing.  In any case, the cluster is impressively rich at 375x.  A 20" pair of mag 11.5/13 stars is on the east side.  A rich but faint curving chain of stars oriented ~N-S is on the west side (open to the west).

 

17.5" (10/5/91): at 100x, faint, small, a few stars are resolved over a 4' glowing spot.  At 200x, about 20 faint stars are resolved over background haze, 4' diameter, irregular outline.  A wide pair of brighter mag 10.5/12.5 stars is at the east edge.  About 10 mag 12-13 stars are clearly visible and 10 additional mag 14-15 stars are visible with averted vision.  Appears like a partially resolved low surface brightness globular cluster in a rich field.

 

8" (8/12/83): about 10 faint mag 12/13 stars over unresolved haze, unimpressive.  Elongated N-S, small but not rich.  Some scattered bright stars are in field to the NE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7044 = H. VI-24 = h2110 on 17 Oct 1786 (sweep 612) and recorded "a very compressed and very rich cluster of extremely S stars, about 4' l and 3' br. Elongated nearly in the parallel."  On 24 Oct 1786 (sweep 620) he also logged "a cl. of extremely small stars, very compressed wand very rich, about 6' l and 4' br."  On 29 Aug 1829, John Herschel reported "vF; L; irreg fig; p rich; not mbM; 2 or 3 pL stars, the rest 16...18m; 5' diam."

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NGC 7045

21 14 50.2 +04 30 24; Equ

 

= **, Corwin and Dreyer.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7045 = h2108 on 16 Jul 1827 and logged "eF; field feebly illuminated by moonlight, but I remained satisfied of its reality."  His position lies between mag 9.3 SAO 126648 and mag 9.6 SAO 126646 (10' south-southwest) and falls close to a 8" pair of faint stars (one is a blended double).  Heinrich d'Arrest was unsuccessful in finding h2108 at Copenhagen in 1864 and Rudolph Spitaler at Vienna reported NGC 7045 "is not a nebula, but only a couple of vF stars close together."  Harold Corwin also identifies NGC 7045 as this double star (see his identification notes).

 

RNGC classifies the number as nonexistent, although the "New Description" appears to describe a galaxy.

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NGC 7046 = UGC 11708 = MCG +00-54-009 = CGCG 375-020 = PGC 66407

21 14 56.0 +02 50 05; Equ

V = 13.1;  Size 1.9'x1.3';  Surf Br = 13.9;  PA = 115°

 

17.5" (5/10/91): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated ~E-W, very diffuse, weak concentration.  Two mag 15 stars are off the north and south edges.  IC 1367 is 15' NW and IC 1365 20' SE.

 

13.1" (6/29/84): faint, very diffuse, irregularly round, even surface brightness.  A group of faint stars are off the SE edge.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7046 = H. III-858 = h2109 on 10 Oct 1790 (sweep 973). He recorded "extremely faint, pretty large, irregularly round, very little brighter middle, requires great attention to be seen."  This was his only galaxy discovered in Equuleus and one of only three in the NGC (with NGC 7015 and 7040).

 

John Herschel made two observations. On 13 Oct 1827 (sweep 94) he logged "extremely faint; round; barely visible; night exquisite."  His mean position is accurate.

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NGC 7047 = UGC 11712 = MCG +00-54-010 = CGCG 375-023 = PGC 66461

21 16 27.6 -00 49 35; Aqr

V = 13.3;  Size 1.2'x0.7';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 107°

 

17.5" (10/12/85): fairly faint, elongated WNW-ESE, a very faint star is at the WNW end.  Appears like a small comet with a star for the head.  Located 13' S of mag 7.9 SAO 145257.  Similar notes on 8/1/86.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7047 = St. 5-5 on 5 Sep 1871.  His rough position was 5' too far N.  He determined an accurate micrometric position (list V, #5) on 20 Aug 1873 with description "eF, vS; two condensation points on the same parallel at 2 seconds [RA] interval."  One of the condensations points is probably the superimposed star at the west end.

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NGC 7048 = Hb 9 = PK 88-1.1 = PN G088.7-01.6

21 14 14.2 +46 17 28; Cyg

V = 12.1;  Size 62"x60"

 

48" (10/27/16): at 375x (unfiltered); bright, fairly large, nearly round, irregular surface brightness.  The rim is slightly brighter along the west and northwest side in a thin strip and very weakly enhanced on the east edge.  A bright mag 10.5 star is just off the SSE edge and a mag 15.7 star is very near the NNW edge (180° opposite the bright star).  A brighter interior star is on the northwest side [17" from center].  In addition a couple of very faint stars are superimposed.

 

24" (8/30/16): at 376x unfiltered; fairly bright, moderately large, very slightly elongated N-S, seen full size at ~60" diameter.  The rim is slightly brighter along the western side and very weakly enhanced on the eastern edge.  On the northwest side is a brighter, circular region with a faint (interior) star embedded.  Overall the planetary has a very weak annular appearance.  A mag 8.3 star is 3.3' WSW, a mag 10.5 star is off the SSE edge [42" from center] and a faint star is barely off the NE edge [30" from center].

 

18" (9/10/07): at 280x unfiltered appears as a moderately bright disc that is slightly elongated ~N-S, ~65"x60".  A mag 10.5 star lies just off the south end (42" from center) and a mag 13 star is off the north end (60" from center).  Appears slightly brighter along the west edge and to a lesser extent along the east edge, giving a weak annular appearance.  A faint star is right at the northeast edge of the rim and an interior star is on the northwest side.  Also, an extremely faint star is sometimes visible at the north-northwest edge of the rim.  Located 3.3' ENE of mag 8.3 SAO 50601.

 

17.5" (8/7/91): bright, fairly large, slightly elongated N-S.  Extends between a mag 10.5 star just off the south end (46" from the center) and a mag 13 star off the north end (1.0' from center).  Extremely faint stars are superimposed at the west and NNE edge.  Appears slightly brighter along the west and east side of the disc and the planetary has a slightly darker center (weakly annular).  No central star was visible.  Located 3.3' ENE of mag 8 SAO 50601.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7048 = St. 9-28 on 3 Aug 1866, apparently his first discovery.  His uncorrected position was 5' too far E but he published an accurate position in list 9 that was reduced on 19 Oct 1878.  At +46° declination, NGC 7048 is the most northerly object discovered by Stephan at Marseilles as he only searched up to the zenith.  Thomas Webb independently found it on 14 Nov 1879 and announced his discovery in AN 96, 191.  He noted the "star" BD +48°4004 was not stellar, but a "bluish ill-defined disc of about 4", surrounded possibly with a feeble glow."  Ralph Copeland was notified and examined it with a spectroscope at the Dun Echt observatory and verified emission lines consistent with a gaseous nebula.

 

In 1919, Heber Curtis reported it was undoubtedly a planetary nebula based on a Crossley photograph and described it as "A rather faint oval, with slight traces of ring structure. It is about 60" x 50" in p.a. 20°±. The brightest portions are at the east end of the minor axis. There is a very faint central star."  In 1920, Francis Pease reported it was "a planetary resembling the Dumb-bell nebula, about 1' diameter, weak axis in p.a. 170°.  The central star is very faint."

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NGC 7049 = ESO 236-001 = AM 2115-484 = LGG 444-003 = PGC 66549

21 19 00.3 -48 33 43; Ind

V = 10.7;  Size 4.3'x3.0';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 57°

 

30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 394x; extremely bright, large, oval 4:3 SW-NE, at least 2.0'x1.5', high surface brightness, very sharply concentrated with a blazing core that is mottled and increases to a stellar nucleus.  A faint star is embedded just west of the core (not visible on overexposed images).

 

Brightest in a group (LGG 444), along with NGC 7041 27' NW.  ESO 235-85 lies 7.5' WNW.  NGC 7049A = ESO 235-84 + NGC 7041B lies 14' NW.  Also one of the brightest members of the Pavo-Indus Cloud along with NGCs 7041, 7083, 7144, 7205.

 

ESO 235-085 is fairly bright, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 24"x18", very high surface brightness.  A mag 15.6 star is 35" N of center.

 

James Dunlop discovered NGC 7049 = D 406 = h3860 on 4 Aug 1826 and recorded "a small round nebula, about 12 or 15 arcseconds diameter, very bright immediately at the centre, resembling a small star surrounded by an atmosphere. This is N.f. a star of the 6th magnitude."  His position was 4' ENE of center.

 

John Herschel observed the galaxy twice, improved the position, and logged on 30 Sep 1834, "vB, pS, pmE, pretty suddenly very much brighter middle, 25" long, 15" broad."  Two nights later he noted "B, R, pretty gradually much brighter middle, 1' diameter."

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NGC 7050

21 15 08 +36 10 30; Cyg

Size 5'

 

17.5" (8/25/95): this interesting asterism consists of three distinct groups of stars each about 4' apart from the other two groups.  The south group has five stars including the brightest mag 10 star.  The west group has four stars in a small clump with a detached wide pair a couple of arc minutes south.  Finally, the richest group is on the east side with 15 stars mag 12.5-15 in a 2' circle.  Listed as nonexistent in RNGC.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7050 = h2111 on 19 Aug 1828, though apparently didn't take any notes.  The Slough Catalogue reports "No description.  A cluster."  His position falls near the brightest mag 12 star in one of the northeast subgroup in my visual description.  Ld Rosse: " About a dozen B stars and a number of S ones scattered about."  On 5 Oct 1866, Sir Robert Ball logged at Birr Castle, "about a dozen B stars and a number of S stars scattered about it."  RNGC classifies this asterism as nonexistent, though it is pretty clearly JH's intended object.

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NGC 7051 = MCG -02-54-004 = PGC 66566

21 19 51.4 -08 46 53; Aqr

V = 12.8;  Size 1.4'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.1

 

17.5" (7/8/89): moderately bright, fairly small, oval ~E-W, halo gradually increases to a small bright core containing a stellar nucleus.  An extremely faint star is possibly involved at the east side.  A wide double star is 2' W (mag 11/13.5 at 26").

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7051 = h2113 on 30 Jul 1827 and recorded "vF; R; gradually brighter in the middle; near a double star."  There is nothing at his position and it was not found on 3 attempts at Birr Castle. On a 4th try (a bad night), a nebula was suspected near a faint double star but not confirmed.  Exactly two minutes of time west of Herschel's position is MCG -02-54-004 = PGC 66566 and it is preceded by an unequal double star.  Heinrich d'Arrest followed up at Copenhagen (based on the failure at Birr Castle) and measured an accurate position on 26 Aug 1864 and later noted the two minute discrepancy with Herschel's RA.  Dreyer used d'Arrest's corrected position in the NGC.

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NGC 7052 = UGC 11718 = MCG +04-50-006 = CGCG 471-005 = PGC 66537

21 18 33.0 +26 26 49; Vul

V = 12.4;  Size 2.5'x1.4';  Surf Br = 13.8;  PA = 64°

 

13.1" (7/20/85): moderately bright, pretty edge-on WSW-ENE.  Bulging bright core contains a substellar nucleus, fainter extensions.  At 220x an extremely faint mag 15 star is visible off the NE edge.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7052 = H. III-145 = h2112 on 10 Sep 1784 (sweep 263) and noted "vF, lE, stellar."  On 14 Oct 1786 (sweep 610), he reported "F, S, lE, bM.  I see it much clearer this way [using the "front-view" without a secondary], than I have formerly done (263 sweep) in the Newtonian construction."  Herschel reverted to the front-view method (first experimented with in May 1784) starting on 22 Sep 1786 (sweep 600).  John Herschel logged "F; R; 20"; the RA may be 2 or 3 seconds out."  His RA as 13 seconds of time too large.

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NGC 7053 = UGC 11727 = MCG +04-50-009 = CGCG 471-008 = II Zw 124 = PGC 66610

21 21 07.6 +23 05 05; Peg

V = 13.0;  Size 1.4'x1.3';  Surf Br = 13.5

 

17.5" (8/31/86): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, small bright core.  A mag 11 star is 45" SW.  Located 12' NNW of a mag 7.9 star.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7053 = m 438 on 2 Sep 1863 and noted "pB, S, vlE."  His position is off the southwest side of UGC 11727 = PGC 66610. Heinrich d'Arrest independently rediscovered this galaxy on 8 Oct 1865.  His accurate micrometric position (measured twice) was used in the NGC.

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NGC 7054 = NGC 7080 = UGC 11756 = MCG +04-50-012 = CGCG 471-011 = PGC 66861

21 30 01.9 +26 43 04; Vul

V = 12.3;  Size 1.8'x1.7';  Surf Br = 13.4

 

See observing notes for NGC 7080.

 

Édouard Stephan found NGC 7054 = St. 4-4 on 28 Aug 1872.  His rough notebook position was just 1.5' W of NGC 7080 (discovered earlier by Marth).  His published position in list 4 (#4) was reduced three days later and there is nothing at this position.  Emmanuel Esmiol re-reduced Stephan's position (published in 1916) but there is no listing for NGC 7054.  Corwin noticed, though, an "anonymous" object in Esmiol's table is given with Stephan's original offset but using a different star.  This leads to a position near NGC 7080 (was Stephan aware of Marth's discovery?).  But Corwin found that Esmiol, like Stephan, misidentified the offset star. The star PPM 113035 is exactly at Stephan's offset from NGC 7080.  See NGC 7080 for more. 

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NGC 7055

21 19 25 +57 35 24; Cep

Size 3'

 

17.5" (8/25/95): this is a small, unimpressive asterism of just 10 mag 12-14.5 stars in a 3' region.  The group is only distinguishable because it is detached in the field.  There are some brighter scattered stars to the south, which John Herschel may have included in his 8' estimate.  The group of stars appears to be fully resolved.

 

Interestingly, there is a large, fairly bright and rich star field about 30' SW centered about 21 16.5 +57 28 (2000) which appears to be a cluster but is not listed in the Lynga catalogue.  In 2019, though, it was found to be a likely open cluster based on Gaia DR2 data.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7055 = h2114 on 25 Sep 1829 and recorded "a F, S, poor cluster, 8' dia."  His position corresponds with a very small group of 10 faint stars.  Based on a Heidelberg plate, Reinmuth noted "a few F st clustered very loosely."  RNGC classified this perfectly good asterism as nonexistent.

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NGC 7056 = IC 1382 = UGC 11734 = MCG +03-54-008 = CGCG 449-019 = PGC 66641

21 22 07.5 +18 39 56; Peg

V = 12.9;  Size 1.0'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.7

 

17.5" (8/2/86): fairly faint, small, almost round.  A small brighter core appears offset to the west and gives the impression that the galaxy is slightly elongated.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7056 = m 439 on 17 Sep 1863 and noted "pF, S, R." His position matches UGC 11734 = PGC 66641.  Harold Corwin notes that Truman Safford independently rediscovered this galaxy on 29 Sep 1866 with the 18.5-inch refractor at the Dearborn Observatory and described Sf. 55 (later IC 1382) as "pF, pS, iF."  His RA, though, is nearly five minutes too large, but a good match in declination.  So, NGC 7056 is probably equal to IC 1382.

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NGC 7057 = ESO 287-017 = MCG -07-44-004 = AM 2121-424 = LGG 445-003 = PGC 66708

21 24 59.0 -42 27 37; Mic

V = 12.6;  Size 1.4'x1.0';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 132°

 

30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 394x; bright, moderately large, elongated 5:4 NW-SE, 0.9'x0.7', gradually brightens to a brighter core and stellar nucleus.  A mag 15 star is at the east edge [27" from center].  Second brightest in a trio with NGC 7060 10.5' ENE. AM 2122-424 lies 7.4' ESE and appeared very faint, small, round, 18" diameter.

 

18" (8/19/09): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 30"x20".  There appears to be an extremely faint star at the east edge.  First of two with NGC 7060 10' ENE.  Viewed at only 10° elevation.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7057 = h3861, along with NGC 7060, on 2 Sep 1836 and recorded "eF; vS; R; the preceding of 2 [with NGC 7060]."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7058

21 21 39.8 +50 50 17; Cyg

 

17.5" (8/25/95): bright, scattered group including mag 7.9 SAO 33352 and four other mag 9.5-10 stars in a 4'-5' region forming the borders of the group. There are roughly two dozen stars mag 13-14.5 in the immediate vicinity but the density of the fainter stars is actually lower than other rich regions in the same low power field.  So, only distinguishable because of the grouping of brighter stars which may form a physical group.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7058 = h2115 on 8 Sep 1829 and simply noted "the chief star of a coarse, poor cl."  There is no bright star near his position, but 40 tsec of RA following and 1.5' north is a bright, scattered group including 8th magnitude SAO 33352 at 21 21 39.8 +50 50 17.  Copeland, observing at Birr Castle in 1871, noted it was a "Cl, vP, in milky way." and Reinmuth called it simply "a few B st", based on a Heidelberg plate.  RNGC classifies this Milky Way asterism as nonexistent (Type 7) and Kharchenko et al, 2012, classifies it as a moving group so at least some of the stars may be related.

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NGC 7059 = ESO 145-005 = PGC 66784

21 27 21.5 -60 00 53; Pav

V = 11.9;  Size 3.5'x1.7';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 98°

 

30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 394x; bright, fairly large, elongated 2:1 E-W, ~2'x1', well concentrated with a round very bright core.  There is knot (in a spiral arm?) near the northwest end of the core.  A mag 10.6 star is 1.9' S of center.  This star is a fairly close, very unequal pair (not catalogued in the WDS) and was just resolved. Two additional equally spaced stars extend to the southwest.  Also, three collinear mag 13 stars extend to the west of the galaxy.  IC 5110 lies 25' E.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7059 = h3862 on 22 Jul 1835 and recorded "B; lE; gradually pretty much brighter middle; 90" l, 40" br."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7060 = ESO 287-022 = MCG -07-44-006 = AM 2122-423 = LGG 445-009 = PGC 66732

21 25 53.5 -42 24 37; Mic

V = 12.9;  Size 1.7'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 124°

 

30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 303x; bright or very bright, fairly large, ~1.2'x1.0' diameter, sharply concentrated with a very bright core that increases to a stellar nucleus.  Two mag 13 stars are 2.0' NNW and 2.8' NW, a mag 14 star is 2' E, and a mag 16 star is 30" SSW.  Brighter in a trio with NGC 7057 10.5' WSW and much fainter AM 2122-424 5' SSW (logged as "very faint, small, round, 18" diameter).  The physical group includes NGC 7060, 7057, 7070, 7072 and 7072A.

 

MLO 6, a very bright mag 5.6/8.2 pair at 2.7" lies 15' SW.  The relatively faint companion in this large mag contrast pair appeared orange-red.

 

18" (8/19/09): faint, fairly small, orientation difficult to determine as sometimes appeared round (core?) and other times elongated 4:3 or 3:2, weak concentration, ~40"x30".  Two mag 14 stars lies 2' N and 3' NW.  Brighter of a pair with NGC 7057 10' WSW.  Located 18' NW of a mag 5.6/8.1 pair at 2.9".

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7060 = h3863, along with NGC 7057, on 2 Sep 1836 and recorded "vF; S; R; the following of 2 [with NGC 7057]."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7061 = ESO 236-013 = PGC 66785

21 27 26.9 -49 03 48; Ind

V = 13.1;  Size 1.2'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 137°

 

30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 303x and 394x; moderately bright, elongated 2:1 or 5:2 NW-SE, ~36"x 18", small brighter core.  NGC 7061 is nearly collinear with three nearby stars; mag 15.5 star 45" SE of center, 14.5 star 2' SE and 13.5 star 3' SE.

 

NGC 7061 is the brightest in a small (physical) group including ESO 236-014 2.5' S and PGC 66775 4.6' SW.  ESO 236-014 appeared fairly faint, small, elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE, 20"x14".  A mag 13.5 star is 1.4' E.  PGC 66775 was moderately bright, fairly small, high surface brightness, very bright core, elongated halo WNW-ESE, 0.5'x0.25'.  A mag 16.2 star is just off the WNW end.  I was surprised that this galaxy was nearly as prominent as NGC 7061!

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7061 = h3864 on 30 Sep 1834 and recorded "eeF; vS; R; 10"; the feeblest object imaginable."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7062 = Cr 434 = Lund 988 = OCL-205

21 23 27 +46 22 42; Cyg

V = 8.3;  Size 7'

 

17.5" (8/7/91): about 30 stars mag 10 and fainter in a 5' diameter at 220x.  The brightest stars form a parallelogram enclosing the cluster.  A mag 10 star is at the east end and a mag 11 star is at the west end.  Most of the cluster stars in the interior are mag 12.5-14.

 

8" (7/16/82): rich, small.  Includes many mag 12-13 stars over haze, very mottled and dense.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7062 = H. VII-51 = h2116 on 19 Oct 1788 (sweep 868) and recorded "a pretty compressed cl. of pS stars, considerably rich, 5 or 6' dia, iR."  John Herschel made 3 observations, first recording (sweep 203), "a neat, pretty compact cluster of 50 or 60 stars 4' diam; irreg fig; a * 13m taken, the chief in the preceding part."

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NGC 7063 = Cr 435 = Lund 990 = OCL-192

21 24 21 +36 29 12; Cyg

V = 7.0;  Size 8'

 

17.5" (8/7/91 and 8/8/91): about 35 stars mag 9-15 in a 10' region.  Very bright, fairly large, elongated ~N-S.  Includes about ten bright stars mag 9-10.5.  This is a scattered group with no rich sections.  A line of four bright stars is at the west edge and a curving arc of bright stars is just following.  Includes a triple star (ES 2126) consisting of a close 4" well-matched mag 11 double star and a third member at 9".

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7063 = h2117 on 21 Sep 1786 (sweep 598).  He recorded "Clustering large stars. 18 or 20 of them, of the same size."  Wolfgang Steinicke found his offset from 70 Cygni, the next object in the sweep, matches NGC 7063.  Perhaps Herschel felt it was just a Milky Way field as the cluster wasn't recorded as a new discovery or published in a later catalogue.  John Herschel rediscovered it on 19 Aug 1828 and recorded h2117 as "a poor cluster, stars 10m."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7064 = ESO 188-009 = PGC 66836

21 29 03.0 -52 46 03; Ind

V = 12.5;  Size 3.8'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 91°

 

30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 394x; fairly bright, very large, thin edge-on 7:1 E-W, ~2.5'x0.35', no distinct core.  The surface is slightly mottled and two or three stellar or quasi-stellar knots were noted (probable HII regions); one near the west end, one east of center, and one near the center.  A mag 10 star is 1.3' SSW of center and a mag 14 star is 1' to its east.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7064 = h3865 on 8 Jul 1834 and recorded "eF; vmE; in pos = 90.8°; very gradually brighter middle; 80" l; has a star south."

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NGC 7065 = MCG -01-54-017 = PGC 66766

21 26 42.4 -06 59 43; Aqr

V = 13.3;  Size 1.1'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 25°

 

24" (9/27/19): at 225x and 375x; fairly faint, small, round, 24" diameter, dominated by a sharp stellar nucleus with a very low surface brightness halo.  Checking the SDSS, a star is superimposed very close west of the nucleus!

 

NGC 7065A, located 4' ESE, was a faint low surface brightness glow, round, ~35" diameter, weak concentration.  Located 2.6' SSW of mag 8.9 HD 204175 and 6' W of mag 7.5 HD 204236, which interfered with viewing this galaxy.

 

17.5" (7/8/89 and 9/15/90): fairly faint, extremely small, round, bright stellar nucleus or star superimposed, just non-stellar (only core visible).  Located 4.7' WSW of mag 8.8 SAO 45403 and 10.3' W of mag 7.6 SAO 45409.  Forms a pair with NGC 7065A 4.2' ESE.

 

The companion appeared very faint, fairly small, weak concentration, very low surface brightness diffuse glow.  Collinear with mag 8.8 SAO 145403 2.7' N and a mag 11 star 6.0' N.  Also a mag 11 star is 3.1' E and mag 7.6 SAO 45409 is 6.3' E!  Close to the mag 11 star that follows are two fainter mag 13 and 14 stars.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7065 = St. 8a-12 on 24 and 25 Aug 1865 and his discovery positions match MCG -01-54-017 = PGC 66766.  Albert Marth first observed the field on 3 Aug 1864 and noted "eF, irr R." for m 440.  But Marth's position matches MCG -01-54-018 = PGC 66774, which is often identified as NGC 7065A.  Stephan also observed PGC 66766 on 19 Sep 1873 and measured an accurate position on 22 Sep 1876 (list 8 first part, #12).  He added a footnote in his AN list that his position corresponded to Marth 440.  Dreyer also assumed d'Arrest's object was the same as Marth's and used d'Arrest's micrometric position in the NGC (Stephan wasn't credited).  He noted, though, that Marth's RA was 13 seconds larger.  For comparison, here are the positions for 2000:

 

21 26 42.4 -06 59 43  NGC 7065 = MCG -01-54-017 = PGC 66766

21 26 45.7 -06 59 41  d'Arrest (mean of 2 positions)

21 26 42.9 -06 59 48  Stephan (Esmiol's re-reduction)

 

21 26 57.8 -07 01 18  NGC 7065A = MCG -01-54-018 = PGC 66774

21 26 58 -07 02    Marth

 

So, d'Arrest discovered NGC 7065 (also observed by Stephan) and Marth apparently discovered NGC 7065A, a larger, lower surface brightness companion 4' southeast.  Interestingly, all three observers only found a single galaxy, though both MCG galaxies were observed in my 17.5" and fairly similar in ease of visibility.  So, NGC 7065A should have received a separate NGC number -- unless Marth's position was very poor, and coincidentally matches NGC 7065A.  The RNGC positions for both galaxies are 2' too far south (see my RNGC Corrections #4).  See Harold Corwin's identification notes for more.

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NGC 7066 = UGC 11741 = MCG +02-54-025 = CGCG 426-054 = II Zw 130 = PGC 66747

21 26 13.8 +14 10 57; Peg

V = 13.8;  Size 1.0'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.6

 

17.5" (8/2/86): fairly faint, very small, elongated, stellar nucleus.  A mag 12 star is just north.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7066 = Sw. 4-80 = Sw. 5-92 on 31 Aug 1886 (included in both lists with the same dates) and recorded "eeeF; eee diff.; close sf of middle of 3 faint stars in a curve, middle star the brighter.  Nebula nearly on the same parallel as the south star of 4 in a row preceding."  His position and description matches except the last comment, which should read "Nebula nearly on the same parallel as the north star of 4 in a row preceding."

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NGC 7067 = Cr 436 = Lund 989 = OCL-208

21 24 12 +48 00 42; Cyg

V = 9.7;  Size 3'

 

17.5" (8/10/91): about 20 stars in a 3' field.  Faint but fairly rich, most stars very faint.  Superimposed over unresolved background haze.  The two brightest mag 12 stars are at the SW and NE corners.  A rich string of very faint mag 14-15 stars oriented NW-SE is in the center as well as two mag 13 stars.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7067 = H. VII-50 = h2118 on 27 Sep 1788 (sweep 866) and recorded "a few small stars with suspected nebulosity.  300 shows a great many smaller stars intermixed with the former, in the shape of a cluster."  Although not visually distinctive, his position matches this small cluster.  John Herschel made the single observation "A double star.  The chief of a poor cl."  His position matches HJ 1644 (SAO 5080), which is 4' east of the faint but rich section.  Perhaps he failed to resolve these stars?

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NGC 7068 = MCG +02-54-027 = CGCG 426-055 = PGC 66765

21 26 32.4 +12 11 03; Peg

V = 13.9;  Size 0.9'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.4;  PA = 165°

 

17.5" (8/2/89): very faint, small, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE.  A mag 14 star is at the NNE edge 20" from center.  Located just 1.1' SSE of a mag 9.5 star.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7068 = m 441 on 7 Nov 1863 and noted "eF, close to a small *."  His position is 1' too far south and the small star is at the northeast edge.

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NGC 7069 = UGC 11747 = MCG +00-54-019 = CGCG 375-040 = PGC 66807

21 28 05.9 -01 38 49; Aqr

V = 13.4;  Size 1.3'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 20°

 

18" (8/14/07): fairly faint, small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, 0.5'x0.25', very small bright core. Five faint IC galaxies lie within 35' to the north.

 

17.5" (7/16/88): faint, small, slightly elongated SSW-NNE, weak concentration.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7069 = m 442 on 12 Oct 1863 and noted "vF, S, R, stell."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7070 = ESO 287-028 = MCG -07-44-016 = AM 2127-431 = LGG 446-001 = PGC 66869

21 30 25.4 -43 05 14; Gru

V = 12.3;  Size 2.3'x1.8';  Surf Br = 13.7;  PA = 22°

 

30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 303x; fairly prominent due to large size but overall modest surface brightness.  Appears as a large cottony oval SSW-NNE, ~1.7'x1.4'.  There appeared to be a brighter bar in the center oriented E-W and a strong suggestion of structure in the outer halo.  Either a stellar knot or a star appeared superimposed just on the west side of the weak "bar" (Carnegie-Irvine image shows this to be a star) and the halo contained some slightly brighter regions or knots.  NGC 7072 lies 4.5' SSE and NGC 7072A is 7' due south.

 

18" (10/16/09): very faint, very low surface brightness patch with no concentration.  Requires averted to glimpse a 1' hazy glow with no definite edge.  First and largest in a trio with NGC 7072 4.5' SE and NGC 7070A 21' NE.  The observation was affected by the low elevation of this group, though this may be a very diffuse galaxy.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7070 = h3866, along with NGC 7072, on 5 Sep 1834 and recorded "F, L, vlE, very gradually little brighter middle, 2' broad, the preceding of two [with NGC 7072]." On a later sweep he called it "F, pL, lE, gradually very little brighter middle, 1'."  His mean position is accurate.

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NGC 7071

21 26 39.7 +47 55 15; Cyg

Size 7'

 

18" (10/8/05): this "nonexistent cluster" is located in a glorious low power Milky Way field.  Several groupings (both large and small) caught my eye at 73x (67' field), but I was mostly drawn to a fairly distinctive 4' string of stars oriented NW-SE.  At 225x, ~15 stars were packed into the string, most stars being mag 13-14 with a few fainter stars, and possibly over unresolved Milky Way background glow.  This group would have likely caught John Herschel's eye as he swept the region, though it may be an asterism (not in Lynga).

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7071 = h2119 on 19 Sep 1829 and recorded "A very poor and small cluster of an oblong figure.  It is followed by a loosely scattered mass of stars."  His position corresponds with a 7' to 8' curving string of stars.  Surprising, Karl Reinmuth was unable to identify this group on a Heidelberg plate and noted "not found; = N7067?"  Dorothy Carlson repeated this comment in her 1940 NGC Correction paper as well as in the RNGC.

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NGC 7072 = ESO 287-031 = MCG -07-44-018 = LGG 445-010 = PGC 66874

21 30 37.1 -43 09 08; Gru

V = 13.7;  Size 0.9'x0.7';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 90°

 

30" (10/12/15 - OzSky): at 303x; fairly faint to moderately bright, round, 30" diameter, weak concentration to the center.  Second brightest in trio with NGC 7070 4.5' NNW and NGC 7072A 3.7' SSW.  NGC 7072A appeared fairly faint, round, 35"-40" diameter, low even surface brightness, no core or zones.

 

18" (10/16/09): extremely faint, small, slightly elongated, 20"x15".  Forms a trio with NGC 7070 4.5' NNW and NGC 7072A 3.7' SW.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7072 = h3867, along with NGC 7070, on 5 Sep 1834 and recorded "F; S; R; very gradually little brighter middle; 30"; the following of 2 [with NGC 7070]."  His position (measured on two sweeps) is accurate.

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NGC 7073 = MCG -02-54-010 = Mrk 899 = PGC 66847

21 29 26.0 -11 29 17; Cap

V = 13.5;  Size 0.9'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.0

 

17.5" (9/15/90): very faint, small, round, very low even surface brightness.  A mag 14.5 star is off the SE end.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7073 = m 443 on 25 Aug 1864 and noted "vF, vS, irr R." His position is accurate.

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NGC 7074 = CGCG 401-027 = II Zw 133 = PGC 66854

21 29 38.8 +06 40 57; Peg

V = 14.0;  Size 0.7'x0.3';  PA = 115°

 

24" (9/7/13): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 NW-SE, 0.5'x0.2'.  There was no noticeable core but seemed brighter along the NE edge.  Located 6' NNE of mag 6.4 HD 204603.  PGC 1307717, an extremely faint and small round glow, 12"-15" diameter, lies 7.5' NNW.

 

17.5" (10/17/98): faint, small, elongated 2:1 WNW-ESE, very weak concentration.  A mag 13.5 star lies 1.4' NE.  Located 7' NNE of mag 6.6 SAO 126834.

 

17.5" (9/2/89): faint, small, round, weak concentration.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7074 = m 444 on 16 Oct 1863 and noted "vF, S, E."  Although marked as verified, his position is nearly 7' north of CGCG 401-027 = PGC 66854 (double galaxy).  Bigourdan measured an accurate position on 31 Jul 1886 as well as Rudolph Spitaler in 1891 with the 27-inch refractor at the Vienna University Observatory.  CGCG fails to label this galaxy as NGC 7074.

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NGC 7075 = ESO 343-004 = MCG -07-44-020 = LGG 445-011 = PGC 66895

21 31 33.0 -38 37 05; Gru

V = 12.7;  Size 1.2'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 116°

 

17.5" (10/5/91): very faint, small, round, small bright core.  Located 3.8' S of a mag 9.5 star (9.9/11.1 at 5") and 10' ENE of mag 7.5 SAO 213054 (wide pair) at the west edge of the 220x field.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7075 = h3868 on 4 Sep 1834 and recorded "pF; S; R; pretty suddenly brighter middle; 15"."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7076 = Abell 75 = PK 101+8.1 = PN G101.8+08.7

21 26 23.6 +62 53 33; Cep

V = 14.5;  Size 67"x47"

 

14.5" (9/29/21): the position was pinpointed at 87x and the planetary was faintly seen unfiltered as a hazy 40" glow.  Good (but not excellent) contrast gain using an OIII filter and the PN was easily visible continuously.  Increasing to 140x, it was very easy unfiltered and a mag 14.5 star was seen on the east edge. Adding a NPB filter it was often slightly elongated. At 264x, a 15th mag star was occasionally seen on the N edge. The field is rich in faint stars.

 

24" (10/3/13): picked up unfiltered but very good contrast gain with a UHC filter at 225x.  Appeared moderately bright, slightly elongated ~48"x40".  Clearly brighter along the eastern side with the brightest portion directly east of center, giving a partially annular appearance.  Unfiltered a mag 14.5 star is at the east edge and a mag 15 star is involved at the north edge.  Two mag 13.5/14 stars just north are collinear with the planetary.  Located in a rich star field 16' SE of mag 7.4 HD 204211.

 

18" (10/9/04): picked up at 73x (31 Nagler) as a fairly small (for an Abell planetary), fairly faint disc, perhaps 35"-40" in diameter.  Appears evenly illuminated at low power.  Viewed unfiltered at 160x and a couple of faint stars are embedded, one at the east edge and another at the north.  Only a weak contrast gain using the OIII filter and easier to view unfiltered at 225x.  At this power the shape appears irregular and brighter along the east side.  Neither of the two stars appears to be the central star as they're situated near the edge of the halo.  A number of 13-15th magnitude stars are in the field including a couple of 14th mag stars 1' and 2' N and a small, fainter trio close west.  Located 56' ENE of mag 2.5 Alpha Cephei (Alderamin).

 

17.5" (7/5/86): fairly faint at 79x using an OIII filter, slightly elongated, moderately large, estimate V = 13.5-13.8.  Faintly visible unfiltered.  At 222x two stars are superimposed; a faint star east of center and one at the north edge.  The planetary is collinear with two mag 14 stars 1' N and 2' N.  Located 15' SE of mag 7.2 SAO 19386.  Not identified as NGC 7076 in CGPN and ESO-Strausberg catalogues.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7076 = H. III-936 on 15 Oct 1794 (sweep 1062). He noted "very faint, easily resolvable."  The position is 7 min 54 sec of RA east and 16' north of Alpha Cephei (offset star).  Just 2' further north is the planetary Abell 75, which was catalogued by Abell but not associated with the NGC number.  Herschel's comment "easily resolvable", which usually means mottled or seems to contain stars" is not valid.  NGC 7076 is the faintest PN that Herschel discovered.  John Herschel didn't record an observation and it was not found during a single attempt on 15 Sep 1873 at Birr Castle.

 

The ESO-Strausberg planetary catalogue uses the Abell designation.  RNGC lists NGC 7076 as a diffuse nebula instead of a planetary and furthermore the declination is 6' too far south.  I found the equivalency between NGC 7076 and Abell 75 and listed it in RNGC Corrections #3.

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NGC 7077 = UGC 11755 = MCG +00-54-028 = CGCG 375-047 = Mrk 900 = PGC 66860

21 29 59.6 +02 24 51; Aqr

V = 13.1;  Size 0.8'x0.7';  Surf Br = 12.5;  PA = 160°

 

17.5" (8/31/86): fairly faint, fairly small, diffuse, fainter than NGC 7081 21' ENE.  Located 4.5' SW of mag 8.2 SAO 126846 at the Pegasus border.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7077 = m 445 on 11 Aug 1863 and simply noted "F".  His position is fairly accurate, so the identification is certain.

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NGC 7078 = M15

21 29 58.3 +12 10 01; Peg

V = 6.3;  Size 12.3';  Surf Br = 0.3

 

17.5" (8/5/94): extremely bright with a halo extending to about 11' diameter and a 3' very bright core containing a 30" intense nucleus.  The halo is very highly resolved into fairly bright stars that are irregularly scattered in the outer halo.  The halo extends 85% to mag 7.7 SAO 107179 just off the NNE edge of the halo and many stars in the halo appear to be arranged in loops and strings.  The core is extremely densely packed with stars down to a very small intense glow at the center.  This 30" nucleus is concentrated to the geometric center ("core collapse").  The faint planetary Pease 1 is situated just 30" NNE of center (see observation).

 

13.1": very bright, very large, very small intense nucleus surrounded by a bright core.  Superb resolution down to the center of core.

 

8": very bright, large, intense core is very compact and dense, surrounded by inner halo with many stars superimposed, outer halo well resolved into long distinct streamers.  A mag 7.6 star is at the NNE edge of the halo.

 

Naked-eye (7/11/07): easily visible naked-eye at Lassen National Park as a small, hazy spot just west of a 6th magnitude star.

 

Naked-eye (7/26/06): Located 17' W of a naked-eye mag 6.1 star.  The globular was sometimes visible naked-eye as a faint haze to the west of the star.

 

Jean-Dominique Maraldi discovered M15 = NGC 7078 = h2120 on 7 Sept 1746 at the Paris Observatory while tracking Comet de Cheseaux of 1746.  He noted "a fairly bright nebulous star which is composed of many stars." Four nights later he discovered M2.  Messier made an independent discovery on 3 Jan 1764, as well as Johann Bode on 23 Sep 1774.

 

William Herschel made a number of observations with several of his telescopes from 1782 to 1817.   On 19 Oct 1784 (sweep 299), his 18.7" showed "a beautiful cluster of very compressed and numerous stars, the most compressed part about 2' dia, the next about 7 or 8'; and all the stars within about 15' seem still to belong to the same by the colour, the size, the regular scattering and the gradual accumulation.  The general figure is round; but within the space of 6 or 7' the stars are arranged in a sort of a square. I examined it also with eyepiece No. 4 & 5 (240x and 300x) and it showed the same appearance. "

 

John Herschel reported "vB; vL; irreg. R; g b and v s m b M. A magnificent globular cluster; comes up to a perfect blaze in the centre, like a protuberance or nipple; not the condensation of a homogeneous globe; it has straggling streams of stars, as it were, drawing to a centre. It is not round. Has a * 8m, 30s following in parallel."

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NGC 7079 = ESO 287-036 = MCG -07-44-022 = AM 2129-441 = LGG 446-003 = PGC 66934

21 32 35.2 -44 04 03; Gru

V = 11.6;  Size 2.1'x1.3';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 82°

 

18" (10/16/09): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 E-W, 0.8'x0.5', small bright core increases to center.  Two mag 12/13 stars lie 1' and 2' SW.  Brightest in a group including ESO 287-37 25' SE and NGC 7070/7072 1° NNW.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7079 = h3869 on 6 Sep 1834 and recorded "B; R; pretty suddenly brighter middle; 30"."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7080 = NGC 7054 = UGC 11756 = MCG +04-50-012 = CGCG 471-011 = PGC 66861

21 30 01.9 +26 43 04; Vul

V = 12.3;  Size 1.8'x1.7';  Surf Br = 13.4

 

13.1" (7/20/85): fairly faint, fairly small, round, bright core, stellar nucleus or star superimposed, diffuse outer halo.  Two mag 14 stars are off the NE and east edges 52" and 66" from the center, respectively.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7080 = m 446 on 6 Sep 1863 and noted "vF, S, vlE."  Édouard Stephan observed the galaxy on 23 Jul 1873 and reduced an accurate position on 17 Aug 1873 (was he aware of Marth's discovery?).  A couple of months earlier he reported it as new in his 4th discovery list (#4), but misidentified the offset star and his position was poor. This observation resulted in the extraneous designation NGC 7054. Later observations were made on 12 Sep 1876 and 18 Sep 1878.  See NGC 7054 for more.

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NGC 7081 = UGC 11759 = MCG +00-54-030 = CGCG 375-049 = PGC 66891

21 31 24.1 +02 29 29; Aqr

V = 12.7;  Size 1.3'x1.3';  Surf Br = 13.2

 

17.5" (8/31/86): fairly faint, small, round, broad concentration.  A double star mag 13.5/15 at 16" separation is 1' SSE and is collinear with the galaxy.  Forms a pair (similar redshifts) with UGC 11760 4.6' SE and NGC 7077 is 21' W.  Located at the Pegasus border.

 

UGC 11760 appeared extremely faint and small, round, visible only with averted vision.  A wide pair of mag 11 stars at 1.0' separation lie 1.5' N.  I probably only viewed the inner core region as the listed dimensions are much larger.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7081 = H. III-859 = h2121 on 10 Oct 1790 (sweep 973) and recorded "cF, vS, irregularly round, mbM.  360 shewed it very plainly, near a very small star."  John Herschel made the single observation "vF; S; R; has a * 14m south.  Dist from centre = 1 diam (by diagram)."  His position is very accurate.

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NGC 7082 = Lund 992 = OCL-209

21 29 17 +47 07 36; Cyg

V = 7.2;  Size 25'

 

17.5" (9/7/91): fairly bright, large, 15' diameter, scattered, no distinct borders, situated in a very rich field.  Two mag 8.5 star are on the west side, a mag 9 star is on the north side and also a mag 9 star is off the east edge.  Not impressive and except for five or six brighter stars mag 8.5-9.5 at the edges this "cluster" would just be a weak field enhancement in the Milky Way.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7082 = H. VII-52 = h2122 on 19 Oct 1788 (sweep 868) and recorded "an extensive cluster of L stars, considerably rich, above 20' diameter."  John Herschel made the single observation "a * 10m, the chief of a p rich, fine, L, coarse cluster.  Stars 10...13m."

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NGC 7083 = ESO 107-036 = PGC 67023

21 35 45.0 -63 54 10; Ind

V = 11.2;  Size 3.9'x2.3';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 5°

 

30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 303x; very bright, large, oval nearly 2:1 N-S, 3.0'x1.7', strongly and sharply concentrated with an intense, slightly elongated core that gradually brightens to the center.  There was a strong hint of a spiral arm along the east side and another extending north on the west side, though they were not cleanly resolved from the general glow.  The halo is a little irregular in surface brightness.  A mag 14 star is just off the south end, 1.8' SSW of center.  NGC 7096 lies 37' E.

 

James Dunlop probably discovered NGC 7083 = D 263? = h3870 on 28 Aug 1826 and recorded "a small faint round nebula, 20 arcseconds diameter, a little brighter in the middle, following a group of pretty bright stars."  His position is ~20' too far west.  John Herschel found this galaxy on 22 Jun 1835 and logged "F; L; R of lE; vgpmbM; 60"; resolvable; with long attention it appears mottled. Perhaps Dunlop 263, with 3 minute correction in RA."  On a later sweep he noted "pB; pL; R; gradually brighter in the middle; 60"."  First resolved as a "spiral nebula" on a plate taken at Harvard's Arequipa station around 1900.

 

NGC 7083 is one of the brightest members of the Pavo-Indus Cloud along with NGCs 7213, 7205, 7049 and 7144.

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NGC 7084

21 32 33 +17 30 30; Peg

Size 20'

 

17.5" (8/12/96): there is no clustering visible at John Herschel's position but about 5' E is a mag 10 star situated within a 20' string of mag 10-13 stars oriented N-S.  At the north and south end of this long string are two additional rows of stars oriented NW to SE and SW to NE, respectively.  These rows intersect 10' E of the mag 10 star and together form the outline of a large isosceles triangle. The star at the north tip is a close faint triple star.  Most of the stars in this scattered group (unrelated asterism) form the triangle with very few in the central portion.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7084 = h2123 on 11 Oct 1825 and simply noted "A coarse scattered cluster."  There is nothing at his position but 24 seconds of RA following is a 10th magnitude star, which is part of a 15' very scattered group.  Karl Reinmuth reported the photographic appearance as "a very loose clustering of pF st, no distinct Cl."  RNGC classifies it as a nonexistent cluster (Type 7), despite standing out reasonably well on the POSS.

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NGC 7085 = MCG +01-55-001 = CGCG 402-002 = PGC 66926

21 32 25.2 +06 34 53; Peg

V = 14.5;  Size 1.0'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 147°

 

17.5" (8/31/86): extremely faint, small, slightly elongated.  Located just south of a 7' line of mag 11-13 stars. Observation compromised by clouds.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7085 = m 447 on 3 Aug 1864 and noted "eF, S, E."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7086 = Cr 437 = Lund 993 = OCL-214

21 30 27 +51 36 00; Cyg

V = 8.4;  Size 9'

 

17.5" (9/7/91): about 75 stars mag 10-14 in a 10' diameter.  Fairly rich and contains six brighter stars.  Most stars are located in a compact, rich, 5' group.  A second group is to the north.  A straight line of stars trails off to the SE with a mag 9.5 star at the end of the string.  Includes several faint double stars.  There are two large dark voids to the NE.  This is a pretty cluster at low power using a 20mm Nagler.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7086 = H. VI-32 = h2124 on 21 Sep 1788 (sweep 860) and recorded "a beautiful cl of pretty compressed stars, 8 or 9' diam, considerably rich; nearly round."  On sweep 384, John Herschel logged "a rich fine cluster of st 11...16m; it fills field; but the most compressed part is about 6' in extent.  The middle of the cluster taken, but no particular star fixed upon."

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NGC 7087 = ESO 343-008 = MCG -07-44-025 = LGG 445-008 = PGC 66988

21 34 33.4 -40 49 07; Gru

V = 13.0;  Size 1.1'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.5;  PA = 39°

 

30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 303x; moderately to fairly bright, moderately large, slightly elongated SSW-NNE, 40"x30", brighter along the central axis (appears to be a bar).

 

Brightest in a group with ESO 343-007 2.7' WSW and ESO 343-009 6.6' NNE.  ESO 343-007 appeared fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 or 5:2 ~E-W, weak concentration.  ESO 343-009 is fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 ~N-S, 0.4'x0.2'.  A mag 12.5 star is off the east side [25" from center] and a mag 11.5 star is 2.4' N.

 

17.5" (10/30/99): NGC 7087 was just picked up at the lower elevation limit of Ray's mount!  Appeared very faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, brighter core.  Seeing too mushy at low elevation for a good view and nearby ESO 343-007 to the west was not seen.  Located 35' NE of mag 5.3 Xi Gruis.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7087 = h3871 on 4 Sep 1834 and recorded "pF; S; R: gradually brighter in the middle; 15"."  His position (measured on two sweeps) is accurate.

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NGC 7088 = Ced 193 = Baxendell's Unphotographable Nebula

21 33 24 -00 23; Aqr

 

= Not found, Corwin and RNGC.

 

Joseph Baxendell discovered NGC 7088 on 28 Sept 1880 using a 6" refractor at his private observatory in Birkdale, England.  The discovery was announced in "A New Nebula", MNRAS 41, 48 (1880).  The following history is from Wolfgang Steinicke.

 

Baxendell contributed only one object to the NGC.  He published the discovery of a large faint nebula near M2 in Aquarius and described it being of "irregular oval form, its longer axis lying in a nearly east and west direction".  It is 30' north of M2 and has a size of 75' x 52'. He writes "It seems to be similar in character to the large nebula near the Pleiades [found by Tempel], but is slightly less bright. I have, however, seen it on several nights, and have no doubt of its existence."  But, its existence is the very problem!

 

NGC 7088 was seen visually by several observers, such as Dreyer in 1885 with a 10" refractor (mentioned in the notes section of the NGC), Bigourdan (1897, 12" refractor), Hagen (1915 and 1917, 16" refractor), Wolf (1927, 6" refractor), O'Connor (1929, 15" refractor), Becker (1930, 12" refractor) and Lehner (1930, 4" refractor). The crucial thing is that, apart from these sightings, the object could never be photographed (and was nicknamed "Baxendell's Unphotographable Nebula"). Many attempts were made (Wolf, Baade, Shapley, Strohmeier, Gürtler, Helwan), using different emulsions and filters, but the result was always negative. The modern conclusion is: The object is not real and all visual observations are due to physiological delusions, maybe caused by reflections of the nearby bright cluster M 2. This is supported by sightings of O'Connor, reporting two other, and ever larger nebulae near M2, which are nonexistent too! The same might be true for the obscure "Hagen clouds".  See Harold Corwin's discussion, including Stephen Waldee's comments, for more on this object.

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NGC 7089 = M2

21 33 27.2 -00 49 23; Aqr

V = 6.6;  Size 16';  Surf Br = 0.2

 

48" (10/26/11): hundreds of relatively bright stars resolved in this large, beautifully symmetric globular.  The intensely bright core is overlaid with a mat of resolved stars.

 

18" (7/17/07): overfills the 8' field at 393x with resolved stars from edge to edge.  M2 contains a very bright 3' core that increases to a very intense 1' nucleus.  The halo is very symmetric and thins out fairly evenly.  A few hundred stars were resolved in the cluster with the central region extremely densely packed.

 

17.5" (8/2/86): over 100 stars resolved over the entire disc at 286x.  Superb view at this magnification.

 

13.1" (7/16/82): high resolution at edges, partially resolved core, symmetrical halo.

 

8" (8/9/80 and 10/4/80): intense core, faint halo.  Faint stars are resolved in the outer halo.

 

Jean-Dominique Maraldi discovered M2 = NGC 7089 = h2125 on 11 Sept 1746 at the Paris Observatory.  At the time he was tracking Comet de Chéseaux of 1746 with Jacques Cassini, son of Giovanni Cassini.  Charles Messier made an independent discovery on 11 Sep 1760.

 

William Herschel first resolved the globular on 31 Jul 1783 with his 12-inch (small 20-foot) and commented "I can count 18 or 20 of the stars but they are so thickly set one behind another that their light mixed together makes a very strong glare."  Observing M2 with the 18.7" on 21 Jul 1784 (sweep 242), he made an interesting description: "A cluster of stars extremely compressed in the middle and diminishing suddenly not in a manner of a round solid but rather like the frustum of a cone whose base (longer parallel side) is turned towards the eye."  Again on 12 Aug 1785 (sweep 425), he recorded "an extremely rich, very compressed and very brilliant cluster of extremely small stars, 7 or 8' in diameter.  The stars are plainly to be seen, especially on the borders where they are not so condensed."  Observations were made on 5 different sweeps.

 

Herschel observed it at 240x with his 40 feet telescope (48" f/10) on 4 Sep 1799: "It appeared very brilliant and luminous.  The scattered stars were brought to a good, well determined focus, for which it appears that the central condensed light is owing to a multitude of stars that appeared at various distances behind and near each other.  I could actually see and distinguish the stars even in the central mass.  The Rev. Mr. Vince, Plumian Profession or Astronomy at Cambridge, saw it in the same telescope as described."

 

On 12 Sep 1830 (sweep 288), John Herschel reported "A most superb cluster; round; stars eS; 12, 13, 14m; they are evidently globularly arranged, and not internally condensed towards the centre more than the spherical form would make them appear to be; but in the middle they blend into a blaze of light. It is like a heap of fine sand!  With 9 inches aperture I can just see the stars; with 6 it is resolvable."  William Parsons, the third Earl of Rosse, sketched M2 with his 36-inch by 1844 and published it in his "Observations on some of the Nebulae" (date of sketch not dated).

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NGC 7090 = ESO 188-012 = AM 2133-544 = PGC 67045

21 36 28.9 -54 33 26; Ind

V = 10.7;  Size 7.4'x1.3';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 127°

 

25" (10/21/17 - OzSky): at 244x; bright, very large irregular edge-on ~7:1 NW-SE, ~5'x0.7'.  Overall the galaxy has a striking patchy appearance with an irregular surface brightness (somewhat similar to NGC 253).  It contains a very elongated, sightly brighter core region with a mag 14 star superimposed just southeast of the core.  The entire northern flank of the galaxy is very uneven or patchy due to dust patches or a dust lane.  The surface brightness of the galaxy drops significantly as it extends southeast of the star for ~2'.  The northwest wing beyond the core dims more gradually to the tip.  A mag 9 star (HD 205124) is located 12' W, a mag 9.3 star (HD 205308) is 8' N, and a 1.2' pair of mag 9.5/10 star is ~7' NE.

 

11" (8/8/04 - Haleakala Crater): moderately bright, fairly large, edge-on 5:1 NW-SE, 4.0'x0.8', broad concentration but with no distinct core.  Irregular surface brightness with a mottled appearance at 127x.  Appears to fade suddenly in a couple of spots (possibly due to dust) including just SE of a mag 14 star that is superimposed on the SE side.  Viewed at an elevation of 13°.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7090 = h3872 on 4 Oct 1834 and recorded "pB; L; vmE in pos 127.1°; first gradually, then pretty suddenly little brighter middle to a very feeble nucleus; 4' l, 40" br; has a * 11m preceding.  In the foreground of the Pavo-Indus Cloud which includes NGCs 7213, 7205, 7049, 7083 and 7144.

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NGC 7091 = IC 5114 = ESO 403-008 = MCG -06-47-007 = PGC 66972

21 34 07.6 -36 39 12; Gru

V = 12.9;  Size 2.1'x1.7';  Surf Br = 14.1;  PA = 86°

 

17.5" (9/7/96): extremely faint, very small, round, 20" diameter.  Requires averted vision and finder chart to pinpoint location but once identified could nearly hold continuously.  I probably only viewed the core as listed dimensions are much larger.  Located 7' W of mag 6.9 SAO 213103.  Not found on a previous attempt.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7091 = h3873 on 1 Sep 1834 and recorded "eF; pL; very gradually brighter middle; 2'; place considerably uncertain [given to the nearest min of time and minute of dec], having been found when much past the meridian in searching in vain for Dunlop 561.  This nebula is much too faint to have seen with 9 inches aperture.  It precedes a * 6m nearly in parallel, about 40 seconds of time."  His position is poor, but the description most likely applies to ESO 403-008 = PGC 66972, which is 1.3 minutes of time west and 8' north of Herschel's position.  The bright star he mentions is mag 6.9 HD 205186.

 

Lewis Swift probably found this galaxy again on 9 Jul 1897 and described Sw. 11-206 (later IC 5114) as "eF, pS, R, e wide D* f 30 sec."  His RA, though, is nearly 2 minutes too small and his declination 3.5' too far south, though there is a wide 1.2' pair that is 30 seconds following.  So, despite his poor position (very common in his last two lists), IC 5114 is likely NGC 7091.

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NGC 7092 = M39 = Cr 438

21 31 42 +48 25; Cyg

V = 4.6;  Size 32'

 

17.5" (7/31/92): very bright, very large, about 30' diameter, scattered.  Includes 18 bright stars mag 7-8, along with several wide double stars.  Most of the brighter stars form a triangular outline although a few bright stars are inside and outside.  The bright star at the SE corner has about six faint stars close following.  The bright stars are superimposed on a background of 100-150 faint stars.  Fairly uniformly distributed though many stars are in short arcs and winding lanes.  The faint stars are no richer than the Milky Way concentration.  Best view at 100x using a 20mm Nagler at 100x.

 

13.1" (9/9/83): ~75 stars visible at 62x including 15 bright stars.

 

8": very bright, very large, 30' diameter, triangle shape, includes four bright stars mag 7 and ten fairly bright stars mag 8-9.  Large and scattered, so needs very low power.  Partial resolution in 8x50 binoculars.  Naked-eye cluster in a dark sky.

 

15x50mm IS binoculars (6/19/09): excellent at 15x with 25-30 stars resolved in a triangular outline.  B68, a long dark streamer, is very prominent in the field to the southeast.

 

10x30 IS binoculars (6/13/07): naked-eye fuzzy patch is well resolved into ~15 stars in the 10x30 binoculars and approximately two dozen in the 15x50s. To the south of M39 begins the long dark streamer, Barnard 168, which is striking in 15x50 IS binoculars.  This dark lane leads to the Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146), which is not visible in binoculars.

 

Charles Messier discovered M39 = NGC 7092 = h2126 on 24 Oct 1764, although as a naked-eye object it was probably noticed much earlier.

 

On 27 Sep 1788 (sweep 866), William Herschel first observed the cluster with the 18.7":  He logged it "consists of such large and straggling stars that I could not tell where it began nor where it ended.  It cannot be called a cluster."  John Herschel observed it on 14 Sep 1829 (sweep 209), "A * 7m, one of a large loose cluster of stars 7 .... 10m; very coarsely scattered, and filling many fields."

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NGC 7093

21 34 20 +45 59 42; Cyg

Size 5'

 

17.5" (8/25/95): fairly well detached but scattered group highlighted by mag 8.5 SAO 51043 at the west edge.  A mag 10 star is on the south side and a total of about two dozen stars in a 5' region.  Shows best at 100x. At 220x, the group does not look at all like a cluster and is only distinguished by the few brighter stars.  RNGC classifies it nonexistent.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7093 = h2127 on 19 Sep 1829 and recorded "The chief star (9m) in a cluster of 8th class.  The double star #1660 of my 4th catalogue belongs to this cluster."  His position corresponds with mag 8.7 SAO 51043.  R.J. Mitchell, observing with LdR's 72" on 6 Sep 1856, logged "a few B st, (not more than 10 or 12m), forming a very loose cluster."  Based on a Heidelberg plate, Reinmuth reported "one vB* and a few pB st in a dense region."  RNGC classifies NGC 7093 as nonexistent (Type 7 cluster).

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NGC 7094 = PK 66-28.1 = PN G066.7-28.2 = K 1-19

21 36 52.9 +12 47 19; Peg

V = 13.7;  Size 99"x91"

 

24" (8/31/16): excellent view at 200x using a NPB filter. The 90" disc was fairly crisply defined and contained a bright central star (mag 13.5), even through the filter.  Unfiltered, a mag 14.5-15 star was visible at the NE edge.  The planetary apppeared weakly annular and brighter in a 90° arc along the W side.  There appeared to be a knot or local brightening right at the west edge of the rim.  Located 1.8° NE of M15.

 

The compact galaxy II Zw 141 lies 6' WNW.  It appeared faint, very small, round, 12" diameter.  On the DSS a mag 15.2 star is at the southwest edge (6" separation from the center of II Zw 141) and probably the galaxy + star were merged visually.

 

18" (10/9/04): picked up at 73x using the OIII filter as a fairly faint, round, evenly lit 90" disc.  Good contrast gain with the filter.  Faintly visible unfiltered at 160x as a moderately large but low surface brightness halo surrounding the 13.5 magnitude central star.  A faint mag 14.5 star is at the NE edge of the halo.  A string of 3 mag 14-15 stars oriented NW to SE lies ~2' NE.  Images show the a complex multi-rim structure (brighter along the west side) with a darker center, but visually the planetary appeared pretty featureless.  Located 7' S of a mag 10 star (SAO 107277).

 

17.5" (10/2/99): at 100x and OIII filter appears fairly faint, round, moderately large, 1.5' diameter, even glow.  At 220x without filter, the central star is easily visible surrounded by a round, low surface brightness glow.  A very faint star is at the NE edge. No annularity seen.

 

13.1" (6/18/85): at 62x with filter appears faint, moderately large, round.  Without a filter the faint mag 13.7 central star is visible surrounded by a very low even surface brightness halo 1.5' in diameter.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7094 = Sw. 2-88 on 10 Oct 1884 and recorded "nebulous star; B *; in eeF nebulosity; v diff.; nearly pointed to by 3 st. in a line."  His RA is 34 seconds too small.  He added in a footnote, "This is a prototype of GC 4634 [NGC 7023] and several others, and of No. 7 of my Catalogue No. 1 [NGC 2247], which differs from most nebulous stars by being exactly in the center of circular nebulous atmospheres of uniform brightness."  Wolfgang Steinicke mentions that Swift called this object "the most wonderful of all [nebulous stars] - in fact it is the only instance known to me - for instead of the central star being single, it is double."  There is a second star involved but it is not central, rather displaced to the northeast edge.

 

Lubos Kohoutek rediscovered NGC 7094 during a visual survey of the POSS and included it in a list of new PN (K 1-19) published in 1963.

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NGC 7095 = ESO 027-001 = AM 2145-814 = PGC 67546

21 52 26.4 -81 31 51; Oct

V = 11.5;  Size 2.8'x2.7';  Surf Br = 13.6

 

24" (4/12/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly large, 1.8'x1.5', slightly elongated ~E-W, weak concentration to the center.  A mag 14 star is at the north edge of the halo.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7095 = h3875 on 21 Sep 1837 and recorded "F; pL; R; very gradually little brighter middle; 50"."  His mean position (2 observations) matches ESO 027-001 = PGC 67546.  Unfortunately, he miscopied his declination in the GC and Dreyer didn't catch the error in the NGC.  The mistake apparently was caused by using the north polar distance of NGC 7097 instead of NGC 7095.

 

Because of this error the RNGC, PGC and HyperLeda  has misidentified ESO 287-042 as NGC 7095.  ESO and modern atlases such as Uranometria 2000 and the Pocket Sky Atlas don't label ESO 027-001 as NGC 7095.  The RNGC error is included in my RNGC Correction list #6.

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NGC 7096 = IC 5121 = ESO 107-046 = AM 2137-640 NED01 = PGC 67168

21 41 19.9 -63 54 29; Ind

V = 11.9;  Size 2.0'x1.8';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 130°

 

30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 303x; bright, fairly large, oval 4:3, ~1.4'x1.1', sharply concentrated with a relatively large, very bright round core 0.4' diameter.  An 8" pair of mag 13.5/14 stars lies 1.4' NE and a mag 14-14.5 star is 1.5' S.  ESO 107-044 is 8.3' W and NGC 7083 lies 37' W.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7096 = h3874 on 31 Aug 1836 and recorded "vF; S; R; 12"; has a vS double * north-following, near."  His position and description is a perfect match with ESO 107-046 = PGC 67168.

 

Royal Frost's IC 5121 = F. 1221 (described as a "planetary, stellar, 13 magn"), found on 19 Sep 1903 on an Arequipa plate, is exactly 30' south of this galaxy. NED, SIMBAD, Southern Galaxy Catalogue, and ESO equate IC 5121 with NGC 7096.  Jenni Kay questions this identification (e-mail 20 Aug 1998 and in Deep Sky Observer #159 in 2012), noting the description for IC 5121 doesn't match this galaxy.  See Corwin's comments.

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NGC 7097 = ESO 287-048 = MCG -07-44-029 = AM 2137-424 = LGG 446-006 = PGC 67146

21 40 13.0 -42 32 14; Gru

V = 11.7;  Size 1.9'x1.3';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 20°

 

18" (10/16/09): moderately bright, moderately large, ~1' ill-defined halo, sharply concentrated with a bright core that increases to the center, occasional faint stellar nucleus, very faint halo extends to nearly 1'.  Located 8' SE of mag 6.9 HD 205913 and 5' N of a wide pair (52") of mag 10 stars.  NGC 7097A lies 6' NE but was not seen at a very low elevation.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7097 = h3877 on 5 Sep 1834 and recorded "B; S; R; pretty suddenly much brighter middle; 15"; (fog)."  See notes for NGC 7095.

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NGC 7098 = ESO 048-005 = PGC 67266

21 44 16.1 -75 06 41; Oct

V = 11.3;  Size 4.1'x2.6';  Surf Br = 13.7;  PA = 74°

 

24" (4/12/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 200x appeared bright, large, sharply concentrated with a small, intense core ~20" in diameter.  Surrounding the core is a large, fainter halo, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, ~2.0'x1.4'.  This galaxy appears much brighter than NGC 7095, which was just previously observed, although the total B magnitudes are identical.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7098 = h3876 on 22 Sep 1835 and recorded "pF; R; first vg, the pretty suddenly brighter middle; in a field with many large stars, and strongly stippled."  His position is 1.8 minutes of RA too large, though at this declination, the actual separation is 7'.

 

The RA in RC 2 is 2.5 minutes too large and this error is repeated in RNGC.  The correct position is given in ESO and RC3.

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NGC 7099 = M30 = ESO 531-21

21 40 22.2 -23 10 47; Cap

V = 7.4;  Size 12.0';  Surf Br = 0.1

 

48" (10/27/19 and 10/24/14): at 375x; several hundred stars were resolved right down to a small brighter nucleus.  Several very bright stars were in chains that emanated from the core. The halo seemed fully resolved with a very large range in magnitudes.  The outer halo was scraggly and contained some bright stars, but overall the halo was fairly symmetric. 

 

The first of three bright stars in a string directly to the north of the core (~40" N of center) was clearly orange (red-giant) as well as the first of a string of three bright stars starting at the west edge of the core (~55" W of center) extending northwest.  A few other brighter stars either appear yellow or very pale orange!

 

17.5" (8/17/01): viewed at 575x in excellent seeing.  Very irregular appearance with strings of stars emanating from an irregular bright, partially resolved core.  A prong off the west side heads northwest and includes three equally spaced similar stars along with a close triple.  Another bright line of three stars heads due north with a fainter bent elbow of stars angling towards the NE.  Roughly a dozen stars trail to the east with a large gap towards the edge of the halo.  A fairly well defined semi-circle of stars open to the north passes directly through the core and off the SE side.  The outer halo was peppered with dozens of faint stars over a dim background haze and with concentration the overall diameter increased significantly to at least 10'.

 

17.5" (7/5/86): the small bright core was not resolved but the halo was well resolved into 50-60 stars.  A small circular detached piece is east of the core with resolved stars.  Along the north side the resolved stars are brighter and arranged in lanes.

 

13.1" (9/29/84): fascinating view at 350x; ~25 stars resolved in the outer halo.  A few stars (half dozen) are bunched together near the bright, unresolved irregular core over a fainter diffuse halo.

 

13.1": three star lanes are obvious on the north side.  Good resolution in the halo and outer stragglers.  The core appears on the verge of resolution at 288x.

 

8" (10/4/80): two short straight star lanes to north and NW give a unique "prong" appearance.  A few faint stars are resolved southeast of the core but the core is unresolved.

 

Charles Messier discovered M30 = NGC 7099 = h2128 = h3878 on 3 Aug 1764.  His description is typical for a globular cluster -- round, contains no star, and about 2' diameter.

 

William Herschel first observed the globular on 31 Jul 1783 using his 12-inch (small 20-foot). He recorded "Power 200; it consists of very small stars; with two rows of stars, 4 or 5 in a line."  He later wrote, "It is a difficult step i.e. if we divide the transition from the Pleiades down to the Nebula in Orion into six steps, this perhaps the 4th towards the real nebulas.  The stars in this seem to be of two different sizes for I perceive 3 or 4 very visible ones branching out towards the north and several more exceedingly small at the sides.  Towards the south in one place the light is very intense, but has all the appearance of crowded stars; so that there remains no doubt of the whole being stars."  He viewed M30 as his first target with the 18.7" on 26 Oct 1783 at 120x: "I can distinctly count 10 stars; the nebulosity also where it is most compact is mottled and undoubtedly consists of stars." A sketch was made the next night and he commented "the rows of stars [star lanes on the north side] probably do not belong to the cluster."

 

In PT 1814, Herschel summarized his observations of M30 as a "brilliant cluster, the stars of which are gradually more compressed in the middle.  It is insulated, that is, none of the stars in the neighborhood are likely to be connected with it.  Its diameter is from 2' 40" to 3' 30".  Its figure is irregularly round.  The stars about the centre are so much compressed as to appear to run together.  Towards the north, are two rows of bright stars 4 or 5 in a line."  He speculated in his 1814 publication that the "lines of bright stars, although by a drawing made at the time of observation, one of them seems to pass through the center, are probably not connected with it."

 

John Herschel made the following detailed observation on 23 Sep 1830: "Fine cluster; irreg R, with two projections A, B, at its northern side. (See fig. 90.) A is directed from the central brightness and consists of 3 or 4 bright stars 12 m; its position taken with microm = 350.4°; B originates in the preceding side of the centre, and is directed in a position 331.7° in a line not passing the centre; diam = 6', stars = 12m; fine object; has a * 9 m preceding it (2 or 3 diameters by diagram)."  From the Cape of Good Hope, he logged "Globular, B; lE; bM; 4' l, 3' br; all resolved into st 16m, besides a few 12m.  Two lines of rather larger stars run out n[orth f[ollowing]."

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NGC 7100

21 39 06.9 +08 57 02; Peg

 

= *, Corwin.  =* or not found, Thomson.

 

Guillaume Bigourdan discovered NGC 7100 = Big. 90 on 31 Aug 1886.  His position in the second Comptes Rendus list (used by Dreyer in the NGC) is poor, landing 3.7' west-northwest of CGCG 402-012 = PGC 67118. Bigourdan provided a corrected position in his 6 May 1901 Comptes Rendus paper and it matches a single star at the position given here.

 

Unfortunately, Albert Marth's discovery position for NGC 7101 (CGCG 402-012) was also poor and as a result the CGCG, RNGC and PGC misidentified CGCG 402-012 as NGC 7100 and the RNGC and PGC misidentify PGC 67112 as NGC 7101.  In the IC I Notes, Dreyer incorrectly suggests NGC 7101 = NGC 7100; "[NGC 7101 was] not seen by Spitaler; evidently = 7100" and this may have contributed to the modern misidentifications.  I botched the identifications in my RNGC Corrections #2.

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NGC 7101 = MCG +01-55-007 = CGCG 402-012 = PGC 67118

21 39 34.6 +08 52 37; Peg

V = 13.9;  Size 0.7'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.0

 

17.5" (8/2/86): fairly faint, very small, round, broad concentration.  Located 20' SSW of EE Pegasi.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7101 = m 448 on 3 Aug 1864 and noted "F, vS, R, stell."  There is nothing near his position, but 6' due south is CGCG 402-012 = PGC 67118.  This galaxy is the middle and easily the brightest of three on a line oriented northwest to southeast, so it's the most likely candidate.

 

RNGC, CGCG, PGC (and secondary sources such as Megastar) misidentify CGCG 402-012 as NGC 7100 (see that number for the identification) and the RNGC and PGC (as well as Megastar) misidentify PGC 67112 as NGC 7101.  PGC 67112 is the northwest galaxy in the trio (2.3' from NGC 7101).

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NGC 7102 = IC 5127 = UGC 11786 = MCG +01-55-008 = CGCG 402-013 = PGC 67120

21 39 44.7 +06 17 10; Peg

V = 13.5;  Size 1.7'x1.1';  Surf Br = 14.0;  PA = 153°

 

24" (7/30/16): fairly faint, moderately large, roundish, fairly low overall surface brightness, broad weak concentration.  On images NGC 7102 appears to be interacting with PGC 214783, an edge-on 1.1' SSW.  At 220x, it was glimpsed several times in the same position.  It was too faint for any details, including elongation, but appeared very small.

 

24" (8/23/14): fairly faint, fairly large but diffuse, elongated 3:2 or 4:3 NNW-SSE, ~1.3'x0.9'.  The halo appeared to alter its shape with averted vision (sometimes smaller) as fainter parts of the halo popped in and out of view.  A mag 10.2 star lies 3.5' SSE.

 

PGC 214783, an extremely faint edge-on, is just 1' SW.  With careful viewing I had 2 or 3 momentary "pops" at this position over a couple of minutes, too fleeting for any details.

 

17.5" (8/2/86): moderately large but very diffuse, gradually brightens in the middle, slightly elongated NW-SE.  A mag 10 star is 3.5' SSE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7102 = m 449 on 16 Oct 1863 and noted "F, pL, R."  His position is 1' northwest of UGC 11786.

 

Harold Corwin notes that IC 5127, found by Guillaume Bigourdan on 27 Oct 1894, is probably a duplicate observation as his re-reduced position is just 5 sec of RA too far east.  But his observation was made on the same night that NGC 7102 was also measured (though a different offset star was used), so this requires he measured the same galaxy twice, once assuming it was new!

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NGC 7103 = ESO 531-015 = MCG -04-51-006 = PGC 67124

21 39 51.4 -22 28 26; Cap

V = 13.8;  Size 1.4'x1.2'

 

18" (8/9/10): brightest of 10 galaxies viewed in cluster ACO S963 with IC 5122 4' NNW, NGC 7104 4' NE and IC 1393 6.5' NE.  At 225x appeared fairly faint, fairly small, irregularly round, 40"x35", weak concentration with no core or zones.  A mag 13.7 star lies 2' ENE.  The distance of the cluster is ~440 million l.y.

 

18" (8/11/07): largest and brightest of 6 members viewed in galaxy cluster ACO S963.  At 260x appeared fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, ~30"x25", broad weak concentration.  Occasionally I glimpsed a nearly stellar galaxy (2MASX J21394761-2228171) just 0.9' W.  Located 45' NNW of gc M30.

 

17.5" (10/13/90): faint, small, round, small bright core, stellar nucleus.  Brightest in cluster ACO S963 with NGC 7104 4.0' NE, IC 5122 4.2' NNW, and IC 1393 6.4' NE.  Globular cluster M30 lies 45' SSE.

 

Frank Muller discovered NGC 7103 = LM 2-461, along with NGC 7104, in 1886 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory.  He noted "mag 14.0; 0.3' diam; R; gradually brighter in the middle; 1st of 2 [with NGC 7104]."  His position is 1.0 minute of RA too far east.  Ormond Stone measured an accurate micrometric position the following year (repeated in the IC 1 Notes).

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NGC 7104 = ESO 531-018 = MCG -04-51-008 = PGC 67137

21 40 03.2 -22 25 29; Cap

V = 14.2;  Size 0.8'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.7;  PA = 51°

 

18" (8/9/10): faint, small, irregularly round, 25"x20", very weak even concentration.  Located in the core of ACO S963 with NGC 7103, IC 5122 and IC 1393 all within 4'.

 

18" (8/11/07): faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, even concentration to a very small bright nucleus.  Second brightest in ACO S963 with brightest member NGC 7103 4' SW.  IC 1393 lies 2.7' ENE.

 

17.5" (10/13/90): faint, very small, round, small bright core, stellar nucleus.  Second brightest of four in ACO S963 with NGC 7103 4.0' SW, IC 1393 2.7' ENE and IC 5122 4.2' WNW.

 

Frank Muller discovered NGC 7104 = LM 2-462, along with NGC 7103, in 1886 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory.  He noted "mag 14.3; 0.2' diam; iR; gradually brighter middle to a nucleus; 2nd of 2 [with NGC 7103]."  His position is 1.0 minute of RA too far east.  Ormond Stone measured an accurate micrometric position the following year (repeated in the IC 1 Notes).  ESO/Uppsala misidentifies ESO 531-017 as NGC 7104.

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NGC 7105 = MCG -02-55-001 = PGC 67181

21 41 41.3 -10 38 08; Cap

V = 13.0;  Size 0.9'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.0;  PA = 135°

 

18" (7/30/03): at 257x appears faint, small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 0.6'x0.4', contains a small brighter core.  Situated just 33" SE of a mag 10 star that detracts from viewing!

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7105 = LM 1-242 on 12 Sep 1885 and recorded "mag 11.0; vS; E; 310°?; suddenly much brighter middle to a nucleus; star north, PA 310°."  There is nothing near his very rough position (the RA is given to the nearest min of time and marked as approximate).  But based on Leavenworth's discovery sketch, Harold Corwin was able to identify MCG -02-55-001 = PGC 67181 as NGC 7105.  This galaxy is ~20' south, but less than 1 min of RA east of  Leavenworth's position.  A brighter star is just 33" northwest (PA ~310°), matching his description.  Because of the poor position, Howe was unable to find it on 3 nights.  This galaxy is not labeled as NGC 7105 in most catalogues, though HyperLeda and NED makes this identification. RNGC misclassifies the number as nonexistent.

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NGC 7106 = ESO 188-017 = AM 2139-525 = PGC 67215

21 42 36.6 -52 41 58; Ind

V = 13.3;  Size 1.7'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.8;  PA = 81°

 

25" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 244x; moderately bright and large, slightly elongated ~E-W, diffuse with only a weak concentration.  A mag 13 star is 2' W, a mag 12 star is 1.8' N and a very faint mag 16 star is 0.6' E.. Brightest in a group with ESO 188-018 (close pair) at 4' ENE and IC 5125 at 8.3' SW.  ESO 188-018 (southeast component) appeared faint to fairly faint, small, elongated NW-SE, 20"x12", even surface brightness.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7106 = h3879 on 8 Jul 1834 and recorded "eF; lE; very gradually little brighter middle; 30"; makes an obtuse angled triangle, with 2 st 9 and 10m to north."  His position is on the south side of the galaxy, though I'm not sure which two stars he had in mind.

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NGC 7107 = ESO 287-052 = AM 2139-450 = LGG 446-007 = PGC 67209

21 42 26.5 -44 47 25; Gru

V = 12.8;  Size 2.0'x1.5';  Surf Br = 13.8;  PA = 128°

 

30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 303x; appears as a large diffuse glow, very weak central concentration, contains a very small, very slightly brighter nucleus and a subtle bar oriented NW-SE.  A group of 6 mag 11-14.5 stars is immediately to the west, the closest is a mag 13 star 1.7' W of center.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7107 = h3880 on 6 Sep 1834 and recorded "vF; pL; R; very gradually little brighter middle; 2' diam."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7108 = NGC 7111 = MCG -01-55-002 = PGC 67189

21 41 53.7 -06 42 32; Aqr

V = 13.7;  Size 1.1'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 45°

 

See observing notes for NGC 7111.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7108 = m 450 on 3 Aug 1864 and noted "vF, S, R, stell."  There is nothing near his position, but 1.0 min of RA following and 3' north is NGC 7111 = MCG -01-55-002, later found by Stephan on 30 Sep 1872 and correctly placed.

 

The RNGC misidentifies PGC 1028685  as NGC 7108.  This galaxy is 1.7 minutes of RA east of Marth's position near two mag 11/12 stars and is probably too faint to have been picked up, even in Marth's large reflector.  The simplest solution is to assume Marth made a 1.0 min error in RA and equate NGC 7108 = NGC 7111  Listed in my RNGC Corrections #5.

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NGC 7109 = ESO 403-015 = VV 376 = MCG -06-47-011 = PGC 67192

21 41 58.5 -34 26 45; PsA

V = 13.4;  Size 0.8'x0.8';  Surf Br = 12.9

 

17.5" (7/28/92): very faint, small, round, low even surface brightness.  An wide evenly matched double star (mag 13.5-14 at 36") is 4' E.  NGC 7110 is 17' NNE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7109 = h3881 on 25 Sep 1834 and logged "eF; vS; among stars."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7110 = ESO 403-016 = MCG -06-47-012 = LGG 445-016 = PGC 67199

21 42 12.1 -34 09 44; PsA

V = 13.4;  Size 1.3'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 76°

 

17.5" (7/28/92): faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 ~E-W, broad concentration, low surface brightness.  A wide double star 11.5/11.5 at 48" separation is 4' NNE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7110 = h3882 on 23 Sep 1834 and recorded "vF; S; R; bM."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7111 = NGC 7108 = MCG -01-55-002 = PGC 67189

21 41 53.7 -06 42 32; Aqr

V = 13.7;  Size 1.1'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 45°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): very faint, very small, slightly elongated SW-NE.  The nucleus appears offset to the NW side.  Member of AGC 2366.

 

Édouard Stephan found NGC 7111 = St. 4-5 on 28 Aug 1872.  His uncorrected position was less than 1' to the NE.  His published position in list 4 (#5) was reduced a month later on 31 Sep 1872.  Albert Marth discovered this galaxy earlier on 3 Aug 1864 but his RA for Marth 450 (later NGC 7108) was 1 minute of RA too small.  Was Stephan aware of Marth's discovery?  So, NGC 7111 = NGC 7108.

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NGC 7112 = NGC 7113 = MCG +02-55-009 = CGCG 427-016 = PGC 67208

21 42 26.6 +12 34 07; Peg

 

See observing notes for NGC 7113.

 

Lewis Swift found NGC 7112 = Sw. 4-81 on 12 Jul 1886 and recorded "eeF, S, R, pB * with distant companion close p; very difficult".  Swift's position is 7 seconds of RA west and 1' north (separation of 1.8') from CGCG 427-016 = PGC 67208.  Furthermore his description applies as mag 9.2 SAO 107337 is less than 1' west with a "distant companion" to the northeast.  This galaxy was discovered by Albert Marth 22 years earlier on 3 Aug 1864 and later catalogued as NGC 7113.  Marth's position was 3' too far north.  Assuming Swift was unaware of Marth's earlier discovery, NGC 7112 = NGC 7113.  Howe was unsuccessful in finding this object on two nights.

 

The RNGC, CGCG, UGC and PGC misidentify UGC 11794 = CGCG 427-014 as NGC 7112. This faint edge-on is located 4.4' south-southwest of NGC 7113 and does not match Swift's description.  See Harold Corwin's identification notes for more.

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NGC 7113 = NGC 7112 = MCG +02-55-009 = CGCG 427-016 = PGC 67208

21 42 26.6 +12 34 07; Peg

V = 13.5;  Size 1.0'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.2

 

17.5" (9/2/89): faint, small, slightly elongated E-W, weak concentration, faint stellar nucleus.  Located 1' E of mag 8.7 SAO 107337.  A mag 13 star is 1' NW.  Forms a pair with NGC 7112 5' SSW.

 

17.5" (7/16/88): faint, small, round.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7113 = m 451 on 3 Aug 1864 and noted "vF, S, stell."  His position is 3' due north of CGCG 427-016 = PGC 67208.  Lewis Swift independently discovered the galaxy on 12 Jul 1886 and it was recatalogued as NGC 7112.  See notes for NGC 7112.

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NGC 7114 = Nova Cygni 1876 = Q Cyg

21 41 44.0 +42 50 30; Cyg

 

= Nova Cygni 1876 = Q Cygni, Dreyer.  Listed as nonexistent in RNGC.

 

Ralph Copeland discovered NGC 7114 on 2 Sep 1877 with a 15-inch Grubb refractor at Dunn Echt, Scotland while viewing Nova Cygni 1876 (discovered by Julius Schmidt on 24 Nov 1876).  Copeland reported "through a low power eye-piece and a powerful direct vision prism, held between the eye and the eye-piece, the light of the star was found to be absolutely monochromatic."  In Oct 1885, Lohse claimed the star was surrounded by a small nebulous disc (first reported in 1882).  In the NGC notes and correction section, Lohse is mentioned but not Copeland.  Sherburne Burnham observed the nebula in 1891 with the 36-inch refractor at Lick and noted "at times the new star did not seem to have a perfectly stellar appearance under moderately high powers, but rather to resemble an exceedingly minute nebula."  This was the first of 22 objects in the NGC that was discovered by visual spectroscopy.

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NGC 7115 = ESO 531-025 = MCG -04-51-011 = VV 800 = PGC 67248

21 43 39.3 -25 21 07; PsA

V = 13.7;  Size 1.5'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 66°

 

17.5" (10/13/90): faint, fairly small, edge-on 4:1 WSW-ENE, 0.8'x0.2', brighter core.  A very faint mag 15 star is involved at the WSW end.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7115 = LM 1-243 on 9 Jul 1885 and recorded "vF; pS; vE 90"; like a comet with tail; 2 st inv."  His rough position is 39 seconds of RA too large and the description applies.  Herbert Howe made a detailed observation in 1897-98 with the 20" refractor in Denver: "The length of the nebula was estimated to be 45", and its breath 10".  There is a 13 mag star at the preceding end and a condensation at the following end; three or four other condensations were suspected lying along the axis.  The position angle of the elongation was estimated at 65°."

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NGC 7116 = UGC 11796 = MCG +05-51-001 = CGCG 493-005 = PGC 67218

21 42 40.2 +28 56 48; Cyg

V = 13.3;  Size 1.1'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.4;  PA = 105°

 

17.5" (7/5/86): fairly faint, thin edge-on WNW-ESE, small, weak concentration.  Located 24' NW of Mu 1 Cygni (V = 4.8).

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7116 = m 452 on 9 Sep 1863 and noted "vF, pL, mE."  His position is accurate (to within 30"). Édouard Stephan independently discovered it on 11 Aug 1866, though didn't measure a micrometric position or publish the observation. The UGC fails to label this galaxy as NGC 7116.

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NGC 7117 = ESO 236-040 = AM 2142-483 = PGC 67303

21 45 47.0 -48 25 14; Gru

V = 12.8;  Size 1.4'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 27°

 

25" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 244x and 318x; moderately bright, elongated 4:3 SSW-NNE, 40"x30", weak concentration.  Forms the northeast vertex of a triangle with two mag 10 stars 3' SSW and 4' WSW.  Fainter of a pair with NGC 7118 5.5' NE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7117 = h3883, along with NGC 7118, on 30 Sep 1834 and recorded "pF; R; gradually brighter in the middle; 15"."  His position (measured also the next sweep) is accurate.

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NGC 7118 = ESO 236-045 = AM 2142-483 = PGC 67318

21 46 09.7 -48 21 14; Gru

V = 12.6;  Size 1.5'x1.2';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 50°

 

25" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 244x and 318x; fairly bright, moderately large, slightly elongated SW-NE, ~0.9'x0.7', small bright core.  Brighter of a pair with NGC 7117 5.5' SW.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7118 = h3884, along with NGC 7117, on 30 Sep 1834 and recorded "vF; R; gradually brighter in the middle; 15"."  His position (measured also the next sweep) is accurate.

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NGC 7119 = ESO 288-002 = AM 2143-464 = PGC 67325

21 46 16.0 -46 30 58; Gru

V = 12.9;  Size 1.1'x0.8';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 130°

 

25" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 318x; moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, ~30"x20", weak concentration.  A mag 14.5 star is 0.8' SW.  On carefully viewing NGC 7119 I noticed a "bulge" extending out slightly on the southwest side of the galaxy and occasionally there appeared to be a very faint superimposed "star" within this glow.

 

The contact "bulge" is identified in NED as NGC 7119B = ESO 288-001, and is probably an interacting companion (same redshift).  The "star" that I noted is likely the brighter stellar nucleus of this galaxy.  NGC 7119 is the brightest member of the cluster ACO S971.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7119 = h3885 on 6 Sep 1834 and recorded "not vF; S; R; gradually brighter in the middle; 20"."  His single position is accurate.  This is a contact double system (21" separation) consisting of NGC 7719A (northeast) and NGC 7719B (southwest), though it may be a line of sight superposition.  Gerard de Vaucouleurs first used the letter suffixes in the 1956 "Survey of Bright Galaxies South of -35° Declination", based on Mt Stromlo plates, and again in the 1964 "Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies".

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NGC 7120 = MCG -01-55-006 = PGC 67273

21 44 33.2 -06 31 23; Aqr

V = 14.4;  Size 0.8'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 135°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): very faint, small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, even surface brightness.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7120 = m 453 on 3 Aug 1864 and noted "vF, S, vlE."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7121 = MCG -01-55-008 = PGC 67287

21 44 52.6 -03 37 11; Aqr

V = 13.8;  Size 1.1'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 165°

 

17.5" (8/7/91): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 N-S, 1.5'x0.75', weak concentration.  A mag 11.5 star is 1.5' ESE of center.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7121 = St. 4-6 on 29 Aug 1872.  His position (Emmanuel Esmiol's re-reduction from 3 Sept) is accurate.

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NGC 7122

21 45 47.8 -08 49 47; Cap

 

= **, Corwin.

 

Edward Cooper discovered NGC 7122 = Au 47 on 24 Nov 1854 with the 13.3-inch refractor at the Markree Observatory in Ireland.  W hile compiling the comprehensive Markree ecliptic catalogue, Cooper or assistant Andrew Graham noted it as a nebulous star or possible cluster . At his position is an unequal double oriented northwest-southeast (nearly merged on the DSS), with separation ~7".  Auwers noted in his 1862 list of new nebulae that in the Heliometer it appeared as an "11th magnitude star, surrounded by some 12-13m stars, perhaps nebulous."  At Birr Castle, it was also found to be a double star.  In fact, all objects noted as nebulous in the Markree catalogue are stars except for a duplicate observation of NGC 4989, which did not receive a NGC number.  See Harold Corwin's comments.

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NGC 7123 = ESO 075-027 = LGG 447-003 = PGC 67466

21 50 46.4 -70 19 59; Ind

V = 12.2;  Size 3.0'x1.4';  Surf Br = 13.7;  PA = 146°

 

18" (7/6/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 171x, appears moderately bright and large, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 2.2'x1.1', fairly sharply concentrated with a bright core and much fainter extensions.  Located 5.2' WNW of mag 7.8 SAO 257969.

 

This galaxy is an edge-on early-type spiral with a sharp, narrow dust lane (not seen) similar to NGC 7814.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7123 = h3886 on 24 Jul 1835 and recorded "pB; R; very gradually brighter middle; 20"; a star 9m follows, 8' dist."

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NGC 7124 = ESO 237-002 = AM 2144-504 = PGC 67375

21 48 05.4 -50 33 55; Ind

V = 12.3;  Size 3.0'x1.3';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 143°

 

30" (10/9/15 - OzSky): at 303x; fairly bright, fairly large, elongated 5:2 NW-SE, 2.0'x0.8'.  Contains a bright, elongated core that gradually increases to the center where there is a stellar nucleus.  A knot was seen near the southeast end of the galaxy.  Images reveal this is an HII complex in one of the main spiral arms of the galaxy.  A mag 15 star is 1.1' SSW of center of the galaxy.  Mag 9.8 HD 207042 lies.4.5' SW.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7124 = h3888 on 8 Jul 1834 and recorded "eF; lE; gradually little brighter middle; 70" l, 60" br."  On 3 Oct 1834 (sweep 498) he logged "B; L; pmE; very gradually brighter middle; 2' l, 80" br."  His mean position from 3 sweeps is accurate.

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NGC 7125 = ESO 145-017 = PGC 67417

21 49 15.5 -60 42 39; Ind

V = 12.4;  Size 3.1'x2.1';  Surf Br = 14.3;  PA = 110°

 

30" (10/9/15 - OzSky): at 303x; moderately bright, large, slightly elongated ~E-W, ~2'x1.5', broad concentration with a slightly brighter middle.  Two spiral arms are visible in the halo, though not detached from the general glow.  One arm curves along the south side of the halo towards the west and another curves to the east on the north side.  A mag 14-14.5 star is superimposed on the north edge [45" from center] and several mag 13-14 stars surround the galaxy off the entire southern half.  Forms a very nice pair with NGC 7126 6' N.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7125 = h3887, along with NGC 7126, on 22 Jul 1835 and recorded "eF; pL; R; 60"; the preceding of 2."  First resolved as a "spiral nebula" on a plate taken at Harvard's Arequipa station around 1900.

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NGC 7126 = ESO 145-018 = PGC 67418

21 49 18.6 -60 36 29; Ind

V = 12.2;  Size 2.8'x1.3';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 80°

 

30" (10/9/15 - OzSky): at 303x; fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 5:3 WSW-ENE, ~1.5'x0.9', faint outer halo, central region gradually brightens.  A mag 13.5 star is 1.5' SE and a mag 16 star is very close to the northwest edge, 0.7' from center.  Forms a very nice pair with NGC 7125 6' due south.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7126 = h3889, along with NGC 7125, on 22 Jul 1835 and recorded "pB; pL; lE; gradually brighter in the middle; 40" l, 35" br; the following of 2."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7127 = Lund 997 = OCL-219

21 43 41 +54 37 42; Cyg

Size 3'

 

17.5" (7/30/92): at 220x, 15 stars mag 11-14 are visible in a 3' diameter, appears fully resolved.  The star group (likely an unrelated asterism) is course but evenly spaced and doesn't stand out in the field.  The brightest mag 11 star forms the center of fairly striking "stick figure" with six stars or else a 5-pointed "star".  Mag 7 SAO 33682 lies 10' WSW.  About 4' NW is a more scattered group of 10 slightly brighter stars.

 

8" (10/31/81): compact, about 10 stars mag 10-13 but not rich.  Located 10' E of a mag 7 star.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7127 = h2129 on 25 Sep 1829 and recorded "A small, poor, but neatly defined cluster of stars 10...12 m; with appendages np at some distance."  The "appendages np at some distance" is probably the more scattered group in my description.

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NGC 7128 = Cr 440 = Lund 998 = OCL-218

21 43 57 +53 42 54; Cyg

V = 9.7;  Size 3'

 

17.5" (9/7/91): 22 stars mag 11-13 in rich and compact 2.5' region.  Most stars are arranged in oval ring NW-SE.  A mag 11.5 star at the east edge has several very faint companions.  Two mag 11 stars are on the south side.  A double star mag 12/12 is on the west side as well as a few other double stars.  A string of stars oriented SW-NE is just NW of the oval ring.

 

8" (10/31/81): 15 faint stars, small, rich, over background haze, two mag 11 stars are at the south edge.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7128 = H. VII-40 = h2130 on 14 Oct 1787 (sweep 765) and recorded "a cl of small stars of several sizes, 3 or 4' in diam, pretty rich but like a forming one."  John Herschel made the single observation "a star 9-10m of a ruby red color in an oval annulus of small stars, 4' diam."

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NGC 7129 = IC 5134 = LBN 497 = Ced 196

21 42 59 +66 06 48; Cep

Size 8'x7'

 

17.5" (10/17/98): fairly high surface brightness nebulosity ~3'x2', surrounding three mag 9.5-10.5 stars at 220x.  At 280x, the brightest region surrounds the southern star (IC 5134) and the star 1' to its northeast.  Just preceding this second star is a small knot that does not appear to be surrounding a star.  The third star is 1' northwest the southern star and has the weakest halo.  An additional pair of stars 1.5' and 2' southwest do not appear to be surrounded by halos.  The entire group is encased in a diffuse glow and the surrounding region appears to be dusty.  IC 5132/5133 are very weak nebulae surrounding two mag 12 stars ~5' NNW.

 

17.5" (9/23/89): fairly bright reflection nebula surrounded three bright stars.  The brightest portion includes the southern star.  Also a bright knot is at the north end and it does not appear to be surrounding a star (or the star is embedded).

 

13.1" (7/20/85): fairly bright but dims using a Daystar 300 filter.  This nebulous region includes four or five stars and appears brighter around these stars.  A small knot is at the north end and a second knot is at the south end.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7129 = H. IV-75 on 18 Oct 1794 (sweep 1063).  He recorded "3 stars about 9m involved in nebulosity. The whole takes up a space of about 1.5' diam, 2 other stars of the same size and very near are not enclosed in the nebulosity."  On 16 Sep 1798 (sweep 1079) his description reads, "3 stars about 9 to 10m involved in nebulosity; 2 south preceding stars very near them are free from that appearance.  The nebulosity is of the milky kind and considerably strong.  There is a small 4th stars in the nebulosity just north of the following one."

 

John Herschel's description is similar: "a very coarse triple star involved in a nebulous atmosphere."  On a second observation he gives the relative offsets for the 3 stars (A, B and C), which match my observation.  His mean position for star A (southern star) is: 21 42 59.0 +66 06 12 (2000).  Both father and son clearly refered only to nebulosity surrounding a few stars at the position given here.

 

Guillaume Bigourdan's position and description for IC 5134 = Big. 339, found on 15 Oct 1895, clearly applies to the nebulosity around star A only, as he thought NGC 7129 only applied to one of the northern patches.  So, IC 5134 is part of NGC 7129.  IC 5132 and IC 5133 refer to separate fainter reflection nebulae surrounding two mag 12 stars ~4' north-northwest, which were discovered by Isaac Roberts in 1895 on a photographic plate.  Bigourdan's NGC 7133 = Big. 91, placed ~10' northeast of NGC 7129, is free of nebulosity and Harold Corwin concludes does not exist.  The RNGC position for NGC 7129 is off by 1.7 minutes of RA and NGC 7133 is misidentified.

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NGC 7130 = IC 5135 = ESO 403-032 = AM 2145-351 = LGG 445-017 = PGC 67387

21 48 19.5 -34 57 05; PsA

V = 12.1;  Size 1.5'x1.4';  Surf Br = 12.7

 

17.5" (8/6/97): moderately bright, moderately large, round, ~1.5' diameter.  Well concentrated with a prominent core and much fainter halo.  NGC 7135 lies 19' ENE.

 

17.5" (7/16/93): moderately bright, moderately large, slightly elongated ~N-S, large bright core.  Appears to have a knot or star superimposed at the north edge.  Second of three with NGC 7135 19' ENE and IC 5131 11' NW.

 

13.1" (8/5/83): faint, small, round, NGC 7135 in field 19' ENE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7130 = h3890 on 25 Sep 1834 and recorded "pB; R; gradually little brighter middle; 20"."  There is nothing near his position, but exactly 30' south is ESO 403-032.  Lewis Swift independently discovered the galaxy again on 17 Sep 1897 and described Sw. 11-208 (later IC 5135) as "vF; pL; R; sp of 2 [with XI-209]; not 7130 or 7135."  His position is 4.5' too far southwest, close enough that Howe was able to find it in 1898-99 and measure an accurate position (used in the IC 2).  Swift's XI-209 ("3 B st form a triangle; nf of 2") is clearly NGC 7135.

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NGC 7131 = MCG -02-55-002 = PGC 67359

21 47 36.1 -13 10 57; Cap

V = 13.7;  Size 1.6'x1.0';  Surf Br = 14.1;  PA = 115°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): faint, small, almost round, bright core.  A mag 14.5 star is 35" SSE of center.  A bright pretty double star (STF 2826 = 8.3/9.0 at 4") is located 5' NNW.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7131 = m 454 on 7 Aug 1864 and noted "vF, S, vlE, very gradually brighter middle."  His position is 3' too far south (matches in RA).

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NGC 7132 = MCG +02-55-013 = CGCG 427-024 = PGC 67349

21 47 16.6 +10 14 28; Peg

V = 13.7;  Size 1.0'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 100°

 

17.5" (7/16/88): very faint, very small, elongated E-W, small bright core.  An extremely faint star is possibly involved.  A mag 10.9 star is located 1.1' W.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7132 = Sw. 2-89 on 18 Oct 1884 and recorded "vF; pL; lE; bet 2 stars; 5 stars west? in form of a pyramid.  My memory locates the stars east of the nebula."  His position is 22 seconds of RA too large but the description pins down the identification (the stars are west).  Rudolph Spitaler measured an accurate position on 6 Nov 1891 with the 27" refractor in Vienna (corrected in IC 1 Notes) as well as Bigourdan on 3 Oct 1888.

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NGC 7133

21 44 26.7 +66 10 06; Cep

 

= Nonexistent, Corwin.

 

Guillaume Bigourdan discovered NGC 7133 = Big. 91 on 18 Sep 1884 while observing the NGC 7129 complex.  According to Corwin, Bigourdan's offset is 1 min 26.8 seconds east and 3' 49.7" north of BD +65 1638.  He described a "pretty extended area, perhaps 2' across, in which I suspect some extremely faint nebulosity, at the extreme limit of visibility."  There isn't any visible nebulosity on the DSS at this offset and Harold Corwin classifies this number as non-existent.  See his identification notes.

 

The RNGC classification is a diffuse nebula but there is no description.  The RNGC position is 4' southwest of the center of NGC 7129, and it's not clear what object or section of the nebulosity the authors are referring to.  The RNGC error is mentioned in my RNGC Corrections #4 and by Gordon Bond in Deep Sky magazine.

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NGC 7134

21 48 55.8 -12 58 28; Cap

Size 0.5'

 

17.5" (7/20/96): interesting asterism consisting of a very tight group of four mag 14/15 stars in a 30" arc concave to the south.  Situated just 30" S of a mag 12 star.  The brightest star is 25" due south of the mag 12 star and the faintest mag 15 star is at the west end of the arc.  Nicely resolved at 280x and 410x.  NGC 7131 lies 23' SW.

 

Christian Peters discovered NGC 7134 around 1860 with the 13.5-inch refractor at the Hamilton College Observatory in New York.  He described it as "very small, but not very faint; nearly S of a star 11m."  Herbert Howe, in his visual survey at Denver, reported "not a nebula; it simply a group of three or four stars of mag 13-14, which is about 40" south of a 10th mag star. A most careful scrutiny revealed no trace of nebulosity."  The DSS confirms there are four mag 14/15 stars in an arc, just 30" south of a mag 12 star.  Harold Corwin agrees with this identification.  RNGC classifies this asterism as nonexistent.

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NGC 7135 = ESO 403-035 = AM 2146-350 = MCG -06-48-001 = PGC 67425 = IC 5136?

21 49 45.6 -34 52 33; PsA

V = 11.7;  Size 3.0'x1.9';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 47°

 

17.5" (8/6/97): moderately bright, moderately large, ~2' diameter, irregularly shaped bright core.  The halo appears to have an uneven or mottled surface brightness. A mag 14-15 star is embedded at the west edge [34" from center]. Located just following a bright triangle of mag 9.5-10.5 stars.  NGC 7130 lies 19' WSW.

 

17.5" (7/16/93): fairly faint, fairly small, round, broad weak concentration, small bright core.  Follows an isosceles triangle of mag 9.5-10.5 stars including mag 9.4 SAO 213316 5' NW, a mag 10 star 3.3' SW and a mag 11 star 2' N.  Third of three with NGC 7130 19' WSW.

 

17.5" (7/30/92): fairly faint, fairly small, round, broad mild concentration.  Unusual location as three stars mag 9-10 just west form a right triangle.  The galaxy is just east of a line connecting the two stars on the east side of the triangle. 

 

13.1" (8/5/83): faint, small, round, similar to NGC 7130 19' WSW.  A triangle of stars precedes the galaxy.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7135 = h3891 on 23 Sep 1834 and recorded "pB; R; bM; 20"; a * 14m precedes just out of neb."  On the next sweep he logged "pB; L; very gradually brighter middle; has 5 st 8m in field surrounding it [the stars are 9th-11th mag]."

 

Lewis Swift found the galaxy again on 17 Sep 1897 at age 77 near the end of his observing career and assumed it was new.  His description of Sw. 11-209 reads "eeF; pL; R; 3 B st form a triangle; nf of 2 [with IC 5135 = NGC 7130]."  Herbert Howe reexamined the field in 1899 and realized Swift's #209 was identical to NGC 7135, so Dreyer didn't assign an IC desigation.  But IC 5136, also from Swift just 2 nights earlier, may be another observation of NGC 7135.  See Corwin's identification notes for that story.

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NGC 7136

21 49 43.3 -11 47 35; Cap

 

= **, Corwin.

 

Frank Muller discovered NGC 7136 = LM 2-463 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory.  He noted "mag 16.0; vS; R; neb?; *9.5m PA 95°, separation 2'."  There is nothing near his rough position (nearest min of RA) except stars.  Herbert Howe searched for this object with the 20" at Denver and reported "this is a stellar object of mag 13, which Muller suspected to be a nebula.  At times it looked slightly nebulous, and at other times distinctly stellar.  Nothing is visible in the place give in the NGC."  Howe's position is less than 1 min of RA east of Muller's and corresponds with a faint pair of stars (about 10" separation).  A mag 11-12 star is 2' east, clinching this identification.

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NGC 7137 = UGC 11815 = MCG +04-51-005 = CGCG 472-008 = PGC 67379

21 48 13.0 +22 09 38; Peg

V = 12.4;  Size 1.6'x1.4';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 36°

 

17.5" (9/2/89): moderately bright, moderately large, oval SSW-NNE.  Mottled appearance with an irregular surface brightness and an impression of knots involved.

 

13.1" (8/5/83): fairly faint, moderately large, round.  Fairly low surface brightness.

 

8" (8/5/83): very faint, small, round, diffuse.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7137 = H. II-261 = h2132 on 17 Nov 1784 (sweep 319) and logged "F, irregularly round, less than 1' dia."  John Herschel made two observations, noting on 17 Aug 1828 (sweep 166), "F; R; very gradually little brighter middle; 30"; r."  His mean position matches UGC 11815.

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NGC 7138 = UGC 11817 = MCG +02-55-014 = CGCG 427-025 = PGC 67406

21 49 01.1 +12 30 51; Peg

V = 14.1;  Size 1.1'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 177°

 

17.5" (7/16/88): very faint, very small, elongated NNW-SSE.  A mag 13.5 star is at the NW end 27" from the center.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7138 = m 455 on 3 Aug 1864 and noted "vF, vS, stell."  His position is 1' too far south.

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NGC 7139 = PK 104+7.1 = PN G104.1+07.9

21 46 08.6 +63 47 29; Cep

V = 13.4;  Size 86"x70"

 

24" (8/31/16): excellent contrast gain using a NPB filter at 200x.  With this combination NGC 7139 is fairly bright, round, crisp-edged, 1.2' diameter.  The rim is slightly brighter, particularly on the east and west sides and slightly weaker on part of the north and south rim, giving a subtle annularity.  The interior is unevenly lit, and a bit darker on the north-northeast side.  A mag 13.5 star is off the southeast end [0.9' from center] and a mag 15.5 star is right at the northeast edge of the rim.

 

18" (8/17/04): easily picked up at 115x unfiltered.  At 225x appears moderately bright and large, slightly elongated ~N-S, ~1.2'x1.0'.  A mag 13.5 star is just off the SE end.  The rim appears to be slightly brighter, particularly along the SE side towards the mag 13.5 star.

 

17.5" (10/13/01): easily picked up sweeping at 100x without a filter.  Appears moderately bright, round, 1.2' diameter, crisp-edged.  A mag 13.5 star is off the SE edge.  Excellent view at 280x without filter.  The surface brightness appears irregular with a slightly brighter rim, particularly along the eastern half of the rim.  An extremely faint star is intermittently visible right at the NE edge.  A nice, elongated group of 6-8 stars follows the planetary in the same high power field.  Central star not seen at 280x.

 

17.5" (8/8/91): moderately bright, fairly large, slightly elongated, 1.2' diameter.  A mag 13.5 star is just off the SE edge 40" from the center.  A slightly darker center is visible with an OIII filter at 140x but the annularity was subtle.  No central star visible. 

 

8" (8/28/81): extremely faint, moderately large, round, difficult, a faint star is near the south edge.  Located about 4' NW of a faint curving arc of stars and 23' E of mag 7 SAO 19595.  This is one of the faintest planetaries observed with the C8.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7139 = H. III-696 on 5 Nov 1787 (sweep 775).  He recorded "very faint, irregularly round, may be a patch of stars but I have not been out long enough, about 1' diam."  Four nights later (sweep 776) he reported "very faint, small, round, little brighter middle, resolvable."  On 15 Oct 1794 (sweep 1062), he noted "F, irregular figure, easily resolvable."  John Herschel didn't record an observation.  Bigourdan measured an accurate position on 24 July 1884.

 

Heber Curtis first found the spectrum to be of a planetary with a slitless spectrograph at Lick.  Based on a Crossley photograph. Heber Curtis reported (1918) "the oval is 86"x67" in p.a. 20° +/-.  Considerably fainter along the major axis; at the east and west edges slightly brighter streaks appear, indicating a ring or shell formation."

 

The declination is 8.5' too far south in the RNGC, Sky Catalogue 2000, Strausberg-ESO Catalogue, NGC 2000.0 and the first edition of the Uranometria 2000 Atlas. The position is correct in the NGC and the P-K catalogue.  Kent Wallace was first to note the positional error.

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NGC 7140 = NGC 7141 = ESO 189-007 = PGC 67532

21 52 15.3 -55 34 11; Ind

 

See observing notes for NGC 7141.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7140 = h3892 on 4 Oct 1834 and recorded "pF; R; gradually brighter in the middle; 35"."  There is nothing at his position, but exactly one degree north is NGC 7141 = h3893, which he found again the following night!  Herschel suspected he made an error and noted "It is not improbably that this and the nebula immediately preceding sweep 499 are identical, one or other being mistaken 1° in PD.  Still, as both observations are clearly written in MS, and, as the difference in PD even then is rather considerable (1' 28"), I have thought it necessary to enter them separately."  Despite his uncertainly, NGC 7140 = NGC 7141.

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NGC 7141 = NGC 7140 = ESO 189-007 = PGC 67532

21 52 15.4 -55 34 11; Ind

V = 11.5;  Size 4.2'x3.0';  Surf Br = 14.1;  PA = 18°

 

30" (10/9/15 - OzSky): at 394x; very bright, fairly large, elongated 5:2 SSW-NNE, 2.5'x1.0', contains a very bright elongated core.  The halo has an irregular surface brightness suggesting parts of spiral arms.   A mag 15 star is just off the west edge, 40" from center.  Located 13' NNE of mag 7.0 HD 207618.

 

Forms a pair with PGC 190704, 2.7' to the southwest.  It appeared faint (B = 16.3), very small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 12"x8".  A mag 14.5 star is 1.2' SE.  No redshift data is available on this galaxy so it may not be a physical pair.

 

John Herschel found NGC 7141 = h3893 on 5 Oct 1834 and recorded "F; L; R; first g, then pretty suddenly little brighter middle."  His position matches ESO 189-007.  He discovered the galaxy the previous night, but made an error and recorded the declination of h3892 (later NGC 7140) 1° too far south.  Herschel thought they might be equal, but included both entries in the GC and Dreyer followed in the NGC.  So, NGC 7140 = NGC 7141, with the first observation resulting in NGC 7140.

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NGC 7142 = Cr 442 = Lund 1000 = OCL-241

21 45 09 +65 46 30 ; Cep

V = 9.3;  Size 4'

 

13.1" (7/20/85): fairly rich but somewhat scattered in parts, large.  Includes three brighter mag 10 stars but otherwise fairly uniform and rich in mag 12.5-13.5 stars.

 

8": large, spread out.  There is a string of stars on the east and SE edge.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7142 = H. VII-66 = h2134 on 18 Oct 1794 (sweep 1063).  He recorded "a cluster of considerable compressed very small stars, intermixed with some pretty large ones. irregular figure, 8 or 9' diameter.  Some of the large ones from an irregular kind of circle."  On 16 Sept 1798 (sweep 1079) he logged "a cluster; considerably rich, chiefly small stars, about 12' diameter."  John Herschel made a single observation and recorded "the chief star in the south following part of a large, pretty rich, loose cluster of st 12...14m; diam 10'; has more than one star 10-11m in it."  His position is on the double star HJ 1696 at the east side of the cluster.

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NGC 7143

21 48 53.9 +29 57 24; Cyg

 

18" (10/25/03): this is a faint, very close pair of mag 15 stars that was just resolved at 257x.  At first glance at 215x, this pair appeared nebulous.  Also, an easier distinctive pair of mag 14 stars is just 2' E. Located 28' SW of mag 5.1 14 Pegasi.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7143 = h2133 on 15 Sep 1828 and recorded a "strongly suspected neb, or a vF double star with nebulosity. Has a *11 np."  Four negative observations were made in the 1850's using Lord Rosse's 72".  At Herschel's position is a small clump of stars and 1.5' NW is a brighter mag 11 star matching his description.  The RNGC calls this a double star with no nebulosity.  See Corwin's identification notes.

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NGC 7144 = ESO 237-011 = LGG 448-001 = PGC 67557

21 52 42.4 -48 15 14; Gru

V = 10.8;  Size 3.7'x3.6';  Surf Br = 13.6

 

11" (8/8/04 - Haleakala Crater): moderately bright and large, round, 1.5' diameter, increases to a very small brighter nucleus.  This galaxy has a high surface brightness.  A mag 11 star lies 3' NNE.  In the same 38' field at 127x as NGC 7145, situated 23' NNE.

 

Brightest in a small group along with NGC 7155 and NGC 7151 and one of the brightest members of the Pavo-Indus Cloud including NGCs 7213, 7205, 7049 and 7083.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7144 = h3894 on 30 Sep 1834 and recorded "vB; pL; R; suddenly much brighter middle to nucleus; 45"."  His position (measured on two sweeps) is accurate.

 

Pietro Baracchi observed this galaxy on 2 Nov 1885 with the Great Melbourne Telescope and wrote, "B, small, round, suddenly very much brighter middle to an almost star like nucleus - fades away outwards, the diameter being about 60".  Very faint in every part except the nucleus, which alone justify the object to be called bright."

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NGC 7145 = ESO 237-013 = LGG 448-002 = PGC 67583

21 53 20.2 -47 52 57; Gru

V = 11.2;  Size 2.5'x2.4';  Surf Br = 13.1

 

11" (8/8/04 - Haleakala Crater): moderately bright and large, round, 1.2' diameter, small bright core.  Bracketed by mag 13 stars just 0.8' SE and 1.3' NW of center.  A mag 11 star lies 2.4' SSE.  Forms a wide pair (same field) with NGC 7144 23' SSW.  Located 17' ESE mag 8.5 HD 207615.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7145 = h3895 on 2 Oct 1834 and recorded "B; R; pretty gradually brighter middle; 20" within a triangle of 3 st 13m."  His single position is accurate.  Observing with the 48" Melbourne Telescope on 6 Sep 1877, Joseph Turner noted it was brighter in the middle to a stellar nucleus.

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NGC 7146 = MCG +00-55-024 = CGCG 376-044 = PGC 67508

21 51 47.4 +03 01 01; Peg

V = 14.3;  Size 0.9'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 80°

 

17.5" (8/1/86): very faint, small, elongated ~E-W.  A brighter star is at the east end.  Forms a pair with NGC 7147 4.3' NE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7146 = m 456, along with NGC 7147, on 11 Aug 1863 and noted "F, R."  His position is 1' too far north.

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NGC 7147 = MCG +00-55-025 = CGCG 376-045 = PGC 67518

21 51 58.4 +03 04 18; Peg

V = 13.5;  Size 1.0'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 5°

 

17.5" (8/1/86): faint, small, slightly elongated, weak concentration.  Forms a pair with NGC 7146 4.3' SW.  Located 14' S of NGC 7149.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7147 = m 457, along with NGC 7146, on 11 Aug 1863 and simply noted "vF".  His position is accurate.  Heinrich d'Arrest independently discovered this galaxy on 15 Sep 1865.  He noted it as slightly elongated and that a mag 10 or 11 star preceded by 10.7 seconds of RA (and a little south).

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NGC 7148

21 52 08.5 +03 20 29; Peg

 

= **, Corwin.  Incorrect identification in the RNGC.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7148, along with NGC 7149, on 15 Sep 1865 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.  At his position (measured 3 times) is a pair of stars (~10" separation on the DSS), so the identification is certain although he did not resolve the pair.

 

The RNGC and PGC misidentify IC 1407 = CGCG 376-048 as NGC 7148.  This galaxy is located 6.4' NE of d'Arrest's position.

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NGC 7149 = UGC 11835 = MCG +00-55-026 = CGCG 376-047 = PGC 67524

21 52 11.7 +03 18 04; Peg

V = 13.2;  Size 1.3'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 25°

 

24" (9/22/17): at 375x; fairly faint, moderately large, sharply concentrated with a bright oval core that increases to a very small brighter nucleus.  The core is slightly elongated along the major axis.  The outer halo is ~0.8'x0.6' and has a very low surface brightness.  A mag 12.3 star is 1.4' SSW.

 

IC 1407 (misidentified as NGC 7148 in RNGC and PGC) lies 14' NNE.  It appeared fairly faint, small, round, 24" diameter, very faint stellar nucleus.  This is a double system (II Zw 152), but the nearly stellar companion (PGC 67535) at the WNW edge was not resolved.

 

17.5" (8/1/86): faint, small, round, weak concentration.  On a line close south are two stars; a mag 14 star 0.8' SSW and a mag 12 star 1.4' SSW of center.  Brightest of three with NGC 7146 and NGC 7147 15' SSW.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7149, along with NGC 7148 (just a double star) on 15 Sep 1865 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen. His position (3 measurements) is accurate.

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NGC 7150

21 50 23.5 +49 45 20; Cyg

Size 0.7'

 

18" (9/26/11): this asterism was picked up at 175x as a small knot of 4 faint stars, ~45" diameter.  The stars are arranged in a slightly curving north-south string, bowed out to the east with mags of 13.5-14.3.  At 285x, a 5th star ~50" E of the string was noticed.  Collinear with two mag 10.5/11 stars situated 3' ENE.  Located 14' ENE of mag 7.0 HD 207647.

 

George Bond discovered NGC 7150 = HN 1 on 10 Feb 1848 with the 15" refractor at Harvard.  This was first deep sky object to be discovered in the United States!  Less than 1' north of his position is a small clump of 4 stars that Harold Corwin identifies as Bond's object.

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NGC 7151 = ESO 237-015 = LGG 448-004 = PGC 67634

21 55 04 -50 39 24; Ind

V = 12.8;  Size 3.0'x1.2';  Surf Br = 14.0;  PA = 75°

 

30" (10/9/15 - OzSky): at 394x; moderately bright and large, elongated 5:2 ~WSW-ENE, 2.0'x0.8' .  There are no well defined brightness zones but the appearance is unusual; very mottled and knotty with an odd shape.  It is brighter on the west side and wider, seeming to taper on the northeast end.  A stellar knot [apparently an HII region, though perhaps a compact companion] is on the southeast side of the galaxy.  In addition, a couple of stars are superimposed; a mag 14.5 star is at the northwest edge and a mag 16 star is place symmetrically on the south side [28" SW of center].

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7151 = h3896 on 8 Jul 1834 and recorded "eF; mE; very gradually brighter middle; rather wedge-formed; ? if not binuclear."  His position (measured on 3 sweeps) is fairly accurate.

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NGC 7152 = ESO 466-013 = MCG -05-51-020 = PGC 67601

21 53 59.0 -29 17 21; PsA

V = 13.6;  Size 1.2'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 17°

 

17.5" (8/27/92): very faint, small, elongated 3:2 N-S.  A mag 14 star is at the SW end 34" from center and a mag 14.5 star is just off the SE end.  A pair of mag 12-13 stars lie 3.5' N.  NGC 7153 is 15' NNE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7152 = h3897 on 18 Aug 1835 and recorded "eeF; vS; 10"; barely perceptible; sky perfectly clear."  His position is accurate, though Dreyer notes in the NGC description that "Lassell not found."  Herbert Howe, observing with the 20" refractor in Denver in 1898-99, wrote (in his compilation of NGC/IC observations) "According to the NGC, Lassell did not succeed in finding this.  It is a small, exceedingly faint and diffuse stain on the sky."

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NGC 7153 = ESO 466-016 = MCG -05-51-022 = PGC 67624

21 54 35.4 -29 03 49; PsA

V = 13.4;  Size 1.9'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 68°

 

17.5" (7/28/92): faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 WSW-ENE, brighter core.  Located 10' NNW of mag 9.2 SAO 190727.  NGC 7152 lies 15' SSW.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7153 = h3898 on 28 Sep 1834 and recorded "eF; S; E; or has an eF * near."  His position is 1.8' too far north.

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NGC 7154 = ESO 404-008 = MCG -06-48-005 = LGG 450-001 = PGC 67641

21 55 21.0 -34 48 51; PsA

V = 12.4;  Size 2.1'x1.6';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 102°

 

24" (9/25/19): at 375x; moderately bright, fairly large, slightly elongated, ~1.5' diameter, weak concentration, fairly low - though irregular - surface brightness.  A very faint mag 15-15.5 star is superimposed on the south side.  A mag 14.8 star is 1.6' NW of center.

 

First in a large group (LGG 450) that includes HCG 90 (NGC 7172-7176).  MCG -6-48-4, located 12' NW, appeared fairly faint, slightly elongated E-W, 0.5'x0.4', even surface brightness.  ESO 404-12, located 26' NE, appeared moderately bright, slightly elongated NW-SE, 1.2'x1.0', brighter core.  A mag 14.6 star is superimposed on the east side.

 

13.1" (8/5/83): very faint, elongated 3:2, low even surface brightness, diffuse, requires averted.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7154 = h3900 on 23 Sep 1834 and recorded "B; pL; gradually little brighter middle; more nebulae hereabouts."  The next sweep he logged "B; pL; irreg R; gradually little brighter middle; r; 60"."

 

Based on photographs taken at the Helwan observatory in 1919-20, it was described as "pF, 1' x 1/2', irr shape.  Appears to be two small spirals very close together."

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NGC 7155 = IC 5143 = ESO 237-016 = LGG 448-003 = PGC 67663

21 56 09.7 -49 31 19; Ind

V = 12.2;  Size 2.2'x1.8';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 4°

 

30" (10/9/15 - OzSky): at 394x; bright, moderately large, elongated 3:2 N-S, ~1.6'x1.1'.  Sharply concentrated with an intensely bright, roundish core and fainter extensions (bar) oriented E-W.  The core/bar is encased in a much larger, low surface brightness halo.  Located 14' NW of mag 7.7 HD 208360.  The galaxy is collinear with two mag 11-11.5 stars 4' and 6.4' SE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7155 = h3899 on 30 Sep 1834 and recorded "pB; S; lE; pretty suddenly much brighter middle; 20"."  His position (measured also the next sweep) is accurate.  Lewis Swift found this galaxy again on 17 Sep 1897 and logged "eeF; pS; R; in line with 2 9m st[ars]."  His position was 28' too far north, but Harold Corwin comments that Swift's description of the two bright stars clinches this identification.  So, IC 5143 = NGC 7155.

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NGC 7156 = UGC 11843 = MCG +00-55-029 = CGCG 376-053 = PGC 67622

21 54 33.6 +02 56 35; Peg

V = 12.5;  Size 1.6'x1.4';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 105°

 

17.5" (8/3/89): fairly faint, fairly small, round, weak concentration, irregular surface brightness, appears mottled.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7156 = H. III-452 = h2135 on 8 Oct 1785 (sweep 461) and recorded "vF, pL, R, r."  Caroline's reduced position is 2' northwest of UGC 11843.  John Herschel made three observations including 18 Sep 1830 (sweep295): "F; R: pL; 40"; very gradually little brighter middle."

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NGC 7157 = ESO 532-003 = MCG -04-51-015 = AM 2154-253 = PGC 67693

21 56 56.7 -25 21 02; PsA

V = 14.1;  Size 1.1'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 5°

 

17.5" (8/3/94): very faint, fairly small, round, 0.7' diameter, low even surface brightness.  A mag 14.5 star is 1.9' N of center.  Located 2.7' ENE of mag 9.3 SAO 190762.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7157 = LM 1-244 in 1886 and recorded "mag 14.0; vS; R; suddenly brighter in the middle to a nucleus; B double star precedes 8 sec; env 16.0."  His position is 0.7 minute of RA west and 1.5' south of ESO 532-003.  A mag 10/14 pair at ~12" separation is 2.8' west, matching Leavenworth's description, so the identification is certain.  Herbert Howe, though, observing with the 20" refractor at Denver, reported in 1898-99 "There is no bright double star in the vicinity, and I could find no nebula.  Possibly, however, the abbreviation "BD" is here used for "Bonn Durchmusterung."  Spitaler also failed to find this."  Despite their failure (the double star is probably very difficult), the identification is certain.

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NGC 7158

21 57 28.1 -11 35 33; Cap

 

18" (8/31/11): At 220x this triple star appears as a soft or nebulous "star" that won't focus sharply.  There is a strong impression, though, of a slightly fainter companion attached on the west side. I could easily see how the merged image of this triple could be taken as a possible nebula (described as a "vF neb[ulous] star").  At 285x it appears to be a double star, though the separation is quite small and the stars were not cleanly resolved in only fair seeing.

 

Frank Muller discovered NGC 7158 = LM 2-464 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory.  Muller described a "neb*[estimated at mag 14]; *9.5 P 40° Δ2.8'."  In 1898-99 Howe reported "this nebulous star is of mag 13.  It may be double at 270° (west)."  Howe's object is a close double star (fainter component to the west) about 30 seconds of RA east of Muller's rough position (nearest min of RA).  Bigourdan also measured this same multiple star on 10 Sep 1888.

 

Harold Corwin also identifies NGC 7158 as this object (calling it a triple star).  A mag 10 star is 2.9' in PA 40°, clinching this identification.  The RNGC misidentifies PGC 67698, a faint galaxy about 9' southwest of the triple, as NGC 7158.

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NGC 7159 = CGCG 428-003 = PGC 67674

21 56 25.6 +13 33 45; Peg

V = 14.3;  Size 0.65'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 168°

 

17.5" (9/19/87): very faint, very small, slightly elongated ~N-S.  A mag 14.5 star at the south end interferes with viewing.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7159 = Sw. 6-94 on 14 Nov 1886 and recorded "eeF; eS; R; pF * with vF distant companion 5' s."  His position is 9 seconds of RA east of CGCG 428-003 = PGC 67674.  His description mentions a "pF * with vF distant companion 5' S.  A mag 10.7 star is 4' due south with a mag 13 companion 46" NW.  Herbert Howe commented the star south-following is involved, but this isn't the star Swift referred to.

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NGC 7160 = Cr 443 = Lund 1002 = OCL-236

21 53 40 +62 36 12; Cep

V = 6.1;  Size 7'

 

18" (8/17/04): at 160x, ~40 stars are visible in a 8'x6' group, extended SW-NE.  Two mag 7 and 8 stars (HD 208392 and 208440) that are separated by 1' dominate the cluster.  Both of these stars have much fainter companions.  Another nice mag 13 pair is southwest of the 7th magnitude star.  The  cluster stands out well in the field. A perfectly matched 2" pair of 8th mag stars (STF 2845) lies 30' NNW.

 

17.5" (10/5/91): about three dozen stars in a 7' diameter.  Very bright, elongated SW-NE although scattered outliers make the cluster rounder.  Includes several fairly bright stars with two stars mag 7.0/7.9 at 1.0' separation NE of center which are surrounded by a semicircle of nine stars.  Includes several double stars with a mag 10 star that has a very faint companion on its west side.  Not rich but distinctive.  Mag 6.8 SAO 19698 is 11' NW at the edge of the field.

 

8" (10/31/81): about two dozen stars in a bright cluster, not dense.  Includes two mag 8 stars.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7160 = H. VIII-67 = h2136 on 9 Nov 1787 (sweep 776) and recorded "a coarsely scattered cluster of stars of several sizes, 6 or 7' diam, a forming one."  His position is accurate. Both William and John only made a single observation.

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NGC 7161

21 56 57.2 +02 55 39; Peg

 

18" (10/25/03): this is a close pair of faint mag 15 stars at 9" separation, situated nearly at the midpoint of two mag 13 stars ~2' N and 2' S.  Resolved at 250x, but the faint pair appears nebulous at lower powers.  Located 10' N of a distinctive equilateral triangle of stars highlighted by mag 8.9 SAO 127184.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7161 on 13 Sep 1862 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.  He made two observations on consecutive nights  and mentioned a mag 11-12 stars precedes by 11 seconds of time.  On the 14th, he described this object as a small group of stars (19th mag), between two (16th mag) stars.  About 2' south of his position is a pair of mag 15 stars and 1' further south is a fainter and closer pair with a third extremely close pair to its south.  Karl Reinmuth reported this as a "double star 15 dist 0.2', 0 deg; bet 2 st ssp/nnf." [the northernmost pair].  RNGC follows Reinmuth and Carlson and calls it a double star, though Corwin mentions the other closer pairs might have also been glimpsed.

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NGC 7162 = ESO 288-026 = MCG -07-45-003 = LGG 449-002 = PGC 67795

21 59 39.1 -43 18 22; Gru

V = 12.7;  Size 2.8'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.7;  PA = 10°

 

30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 303x; fairly bright to bright, very large, very elongated 3:1 ~N-S, ~2.5'x0.9', broad concentration with an elongated, brighter core.  A mag 16.2 star is at the west edge.  Second brightest in a trio (similar redshifts) with NGC 7166 11' SE and fainter NGC 7162A 14' NE.  Situated 10.6' NNW of mag 8 HD 208812.  NGC 7162A, a Magellanic spiral, appeared very diffuse, large glow, circular,~2' diameter, no distinct core or zones.

 

18" (10/16/09): very faint, fairly large, appears as a very hazy ill-defined glow, ~1.2'x0.8' N-S.  This galaxy was surprisingly difficult for a V = 12.7 galaxy, though the low elevation affected the view.  Forms a pair with brighter NGC 7166 11' SE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7162 = h3901, along with NGC 7166, on 5 Sep 1834 and recorded "F; L; mE; very gradually brighter middle; (fog)."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7163 = ESO 466-030 = MCG -05-51-035 = LGG 450-003 = PGC 67785

21 59 20.3 -31 52 55; PsA

V = 13.4;  Size 1.9'x1.1';  Surf Br = 14.0;  PA = 101°

 

18" (10/21/06): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 40"x30, low even surface brightness.  Located 34' W of NGC 7172 (HCG 90).  Two mag 12.5 star ~7' SSE are collinear with the galaxy.

 

17.5" (7/28/92): very faint, fairly small, irregularly round, low surface brightness, diffuse with ill-defined edges, weakly concentrated but no core, requires averted to see well.  Located 7.5' W of a mag 9.5 star.  The NGC 7172-7176 group (HCG 90) lies 35'-40' E.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7163 = h3902 on 27 Sep 1834 and logged "pF; lE; gradually little brighter middle; 40"."

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NGC 7164 = CGCG 377-006 = PGC 67673

21 56 23.6 +01 21 50; Aqr

V = 14.2;  Size 0.9'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 55°

 

17.5" (8/3/89): very faint, very small, round, low surface brightness.  Five stars mag 11-15 in a string to the NE are almost collinear with NGC 7164.  Located 12' from core of the rich cluster AGC 2397 (possible member?).

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7164 = LM 2-465 in 1886 and recorded "mag 15.7, R, 4 vF stars from 1' to 4' n."  There is nothing at his rough position (nearest min of RA), but 2.2 minutes of time west and 3.5' south is CGCG 377-006 = PGC 67673.  Despite the poor positional match, there is a string of stars extending north.  This is the northernmost galaxy discovered at the Leander McCormick Observatory.  See Corwin's identification notes for IC 1415 and IC 1416 (found by Bigourdan while searching for NGC 7164).

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NGC 7165 = MCG -03-56-002 = PGC 67788

21 59 26.1 -16 30 44; Aqr

V = 13.2;  Size 1.0'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 67°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): fairly faint, small, round, even concentration, small bright core.  Located equidistant from a mag 13 star 2.1' WNW and a mag 12.5 star 2.0' SE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7165 = H. III-930 = h2137 on 6 Sep 1793 (sweep 1050) and noted "suspected, eF.  300 confirmed it."  John Herschel noted on 5 Aug 1826 (sweep 37), "suspected, but the state of the air is most unfavourable."  His position, though, is a good match.  Herbert Howe, observing in 1898-99, commented "this nebula contains a condensation [nucleus] of mag 13."

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NGC 7166 = ESO 288-027 = MCG -07-45-004 = AM 2157-433 = LGG 449-003 = PGC 67817

22 00 32.9 -43 23 23; Gru

V = 11.9;  Size 2.5'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 14°

 

30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 303x; bright, moderately large, very elongated 7:2 SSW-NNE, 1.5'x0.4', sharply concentrated with a very small intense core and quasi-stellar nucleus. CPO 628, a nice mag 11.9/13.3 double at ~5" separation lies 4.8' due east and another mag 11.5 star is 2.5' NE.  Brightest in a small group with NGC 7162 11' NW and NGC 7162A 15' N.  NGC 7162A, a Magellanic spiral, appeared very diffuse, large glow, circular,~2' diameter, no distinct core or zones.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7166 = h3903, along with NGC 7162, on 5 Sep 1834 and recorded "pB; S; R; pretty suddenly much brighter middle; 15"."  His position is just off the east side of the galaxy.

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NGC 7167 = ESO 532-009 = MCG -04-52-001 = AM 2157-245 = PGC 67816

22 00 30.9 -24 38 00; Aqr

V = 12.5;  Size 1.7'x1.3';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 145°

 

17.5" (10/13/90): fairly faint, fairly small, oval 3:2 WNW-ESE, weak concentration.  A mag 10.5 star is off the east end 1.3' from center.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7167 = h3905 on 29 Jul 1834 and recorded "F; R; very gradually little brighter middle; 45"; has a * 10m, 90" dist from centre, following in parallel."  His position and description is a perfect match.

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NGC 7168 = ESO 237-026 = AM 2158-515 = PGC 67882

22 02 07.4 -51 44 35; Ind

V = 11.9;  Size 2.0'x1.5';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 68°

 

18" (7/6/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 228x, moderately bright, fairly small, round, 1' diameter, sharply concentrated with a very small bright core.  A mag 14.5 star is close southeast, just 43" from the center.  Located 27' S of brighter IC 5152.  PGC 101233, located 3' SE, appeared extremely faint and small with a brighter 15" core surrounded by an extremely faint halo (possibly elongated).  The companion's redshift is 4x that of NGC 7168.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7168 = h3904 on 8 Jul 1834 and recorded "pF; S; R: pretty suddenly little brighter middle; 15"."  On two later sweeps he called this galaxy "pB". JH missed IC 5152.

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NGC 7169 = ESO 237-028 = PGC 67913

22 02 48.6 -47 41 52; Gru

V = 13.5;  Size 1.0'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 78°

 

30" (10/9/15 - OzSky): at 394x; fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 5:3 WSW-ENE, 0.55'x035', sharply concentrated with a very bright, small core and much fainter halo.  A mag 13 star is 1.4' NE and a mag 15.5 star is just off the northeast end, 0.5' from center.  Situated 3.2' ESE of mag 8.8 HD 209175.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7169 = h3906 on 30 Sep 1834 and recorded "eF; S; R; difficult to distinguish from a * 15m; has a * 8m, distance 4' np, nearly in parallel, and another 11m, 60" nf."  His position is 45 seconds of RA too far west, but the detailed description clinches this identification. The error in RA is noted in the ESO and SGC.

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NGC 7170 = PGC 67848

22 01 26.3 -05 25 58; Aqr

V = 13.8;  Size 1.2'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 158°

 

17.5" (8/8/91): faint, small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, broad concentration.  A nice double star is 5' W consisting of a mag 12/13 duo at 9" separation.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7170 = LM 1-245 in 1886 and recorded "mag 13.0; pS; iR; brighter middle to a nucleus; double star p 36 seconds."  His rough position (nearest min of RA) is 40 seconds of RA west of PGC 67848.  The double star he mentions precedes, though by only 20 seconds of time.  Ormond Stone measured an accurate micrometric offset (in the "Southern Nebulae" paper) but the position given in the IC 1 is notes is 1.0 tmin too far east!  Bigourdan also corrected the RA on 27 Oct 1888 and noted the NGC RA was off by 40 seconds (repeated in the IC 2 Notes).

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NGC 7171 = MCG -02-56-005 = PGC 67839

22 01 02.0 -13 16 11; Aqr

V = 12.2;  Size 2.6'x1.5';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 120°

 

24" (9/22/17): at 200x and 375x; moderately or fairly bright, fairly large, elongated ~5:3 NW-SE, ~1.6'x0.9', irregular halo and surface brightness, broadly concentrated, occasionally seemed to have brighter elongated sections (arcs of spiral arms?) and darker regions (probably dust).  A mag 14.7 star is at the southeast end.

 

IC 1417, situated 12' NW. appeared fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated, 3:1 or 7:2 WNW-ESE, 0.9'x0.3', contains a small bright elongated core with faint extensions, a mag 15 star is at the ESE end.

 

13.1" (9/3/83): faint, very diffuse, moderately large, weakly concentrated but no nucleus, elongated 3:2 WNW-ESE.  Appears fainter than the V magnitude suggests.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7171 = H. III-692 = h2138 on 12 Aug 1787 (his only discovery on sweep 750). His description reads, "extremely faint, elongated from north preceding to south following, about 2' long and 1' broad."  Wolfgang Steinicke notes that Neptune was discovered on 23 Sep 1846 just 36' NE of this galaxy.  John Herschel made three observations and recorded on 9 Sep 1825 (sweep 9): "very faint; round; very gradually brighter middle, resolvable; 90" diameter."

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NGC 7172 = HCG 90A = ESO 466-038 = MCG -05-52-007 = LGG 450-006 = PGC 67874

22 02 01.7 -31 52 18; PsA

V = 11.9;  Size 2.5'x1.4';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 100°

 

24" (8/23/14): at 375x; moderately bright, fairly large, elongated 5:2 WNW-ESE, ~1.5'x0.6', increases in size with averted.  Contains a brighter, elongated core that bulges slightly and the halo has a sharper edge along with south edge.  NGC 7173, 7174 and 7176 triplet lies ~7' SSE, the quartet forming HCG 90.

 

18" (10/21/06): moderately bright, fairly large, elongated ~2:1 E-W, ~1.8'x1.0', broad concentration.  A mag 10.6 star lies 2.5' SE and two mag 13 stars 1.5' SW and 3' SW are collinear with the galaxy.

 

18" (9/3/05): moderately bright, fairly large, elongated 5:2 WNW-ESE, 1.4'x0.6', contains a brighter bulging core.  A mag 10.5 star lies 2.5' SE.  Located ~7' N of the main grouping (NGC 7173, NGC 7174, NGC 7176) in HCG 90) and largest in the group.

 

13.1" (7/27/84): moderately bright, fairly large, elongated, fairly diffuse.  Brightest of four in HCG 90.  The compact trio consisting of NGC 7173, NGC 7174, NGC 7176 is roughly 7' S.

 

8" (7/24/82): very faint, fairly small, elongated E-W.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7172 = h3908 on 23 Sep 1834 and logged "pB; R; 40"."  His position (measured on 4 sweeps) is accurate.  The dark rift was first noted by Knox-Shaw in 1912, based on a photograph taken in 1909-11 with the 30" Reynolds reflector at the Helwan Observatory.

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NGC 7173 = HCG 90C = ESO 466-039 = MCG -05-52-008 = UGCA 422 = VV 698 = LGG 450-007 = KTS 66A = PGC 67878

22 02 03.4 -31 58 27; PsA

V = 12.0;  Size 1.2'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.1;  PA = 143°

 

24" (8/23/14): bright, moderately large, round, 45" diameter.  Contains a relatively large, very bright core that gradually increases to the center.  NGC 7174/7176  (contact pair) is less than 1.5' southeast.  NGC 7172 lies 6' north.  The quartet forms HCG 90 and the close triplet is KTS 66.

 

18" (10/21/06): fairly bright, fairly small, round, well concentrated with a very bright 30" core that increases to the center.  The core is surrounded by a much fainter halo perhaps 45" diameter.  In a trio with the contact pair NGC 7174/7176 1.4' SE.

 

18" (9/3/05): moderately bright, fairly small, round, evenly concentrated to a brighter core and quasi-stellar nucleus.  Located 1.5' NW of the NGC 7176/7174 pair in HCG 90 and just slightly fainter and smaller than NGC 7174.

 

13.1" (7/27/84): faint, small, round.  Similar in size and brightness to NGC 7176 1.5' SE in a compact trio with NGC 7174 1.3' SE.  Member of the HCG 90 = NGC 7173 group = Klemola 34. 

 

8" (7/24/82): faint, small.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7173 = h3909 on 25 Sep 1834 and recorded "B; vS; R; suddenly brighter in the middle to a star."  His position (measured on 4 sweeps) and sketch (plate IV, fig 11) matches ESO 466-039 = HCG 90C.

 

RNGC reverses the identifications of NGC 7173 and NGC 7174, making NGC 7173 and NGC 7176 the contact pair instead of NGC 7174 and NGC 7176, as described by Herschel.  Sherburne Burnham measured accurate positions (Publications of Lick Observatory, II) and the galaxies were correctly identified. The identifications are also sorted out in my RNGC Corrections #1.

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NGC 7174 = HCG 90D = ESO 466-040 = MCG -05-52-010 = VV 698 = LGG 450-004 = KTS 66B = PGC 67881

22 02 06.8 -31 59 37; PsA

V = 13.3;  Size 2.3'x1.2';  Surf Br = 14.3;  PA = 88°

 

24" (8/23/14): at 375x, NGC 7174 was elongated perhaps 3:1 E-W, 0.9'x0.3'.  The surface brightness is irregular with no core region. The galaxy appears to taper and brighten at the west end with a bend or short kink angling northwest.  The east end merges into the halo of NGC 7176 on the its southwest end!

 

18" (10/21/06): this is the western component of an interacting system with NGC 7176 attached to the east side.  At 225x appears fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 E-W, 1.0'x0.4, very weak concentration, no noticeable core.

 

18" (9/3/05): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 E-W, 0.9'x0.3'.  This member of the HCG 90 quartet is attached at the west edge of NGC 7176 and extends due west.  The identifications of NGC 7173 and NGC 7174 are reversed in the RNGC.

 

13.1" (7/27/84): fairly faint, small.  Virtually in contact with NGC 7176 on the NE edge 26" separation.  In a compact trio with NGC 7173 1.3' NW in the NGC 7172 group.  The identifications of NGC 7173 and NGC 7174 are reversed in the RNGC.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7174 = h3910 on 28 Sep 1834 and recorded "in sweep 493 this was taken for a vF star, but I now perceive it plainly to a small faint round nebula."  His position and sketch matches ESO 466-040 = HCG 90D.

 

The RNGC reverses the identifications of NGC 7173 and 7174, making NGC 7173 and 7176 the contact pair.  This misidentification is listed in my RNGC Corrections #1.

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NGC 7175

21 58 51.5 +54 49 01; Cyg

 

24" (10/17/20): at 200x (30' field): very scattered field of ~80 stars in a 15' region.  Many of the stars seemed for form curving chains; one 3' chain on the south side passes through mag 9.6 HD 235682 near John Herschel's position. A few 10th and 11th mag stars are on the NW side and mag 9.4 HD 235686 is on the SE end.  This unimpressive group is not really distinctive in the field.

 

About 20' to the south is a brighter and more distinctive group of stars cataloged in SIMBAD as cluster [KPR2005] 116.  The main part that stands out is an elongated 13'x3' group of brighter stars oriented SW-NE.  At the SW end is mag 8.9 HD 235679 and a 30" pair of mag 10.5 stars is at the NE end. Just W of this group are three bright stars mag 8.5-10.8 in a near line with equal separations of 2.0'.  A curving chain of 4 brighter stars (two of mag 10.5) is close SE and another mag 10 star is 4' E of the center o the main, elongated group.  The Milky Way background background is very patchy or dusty in this region (4° SE of IC 1396).

 

17.5" (10/25/97): at 100x there is no noticeable clustering at the John Herschel's position centered on a mag 9 star at 21 58 51.5 +54 49 01.  Visually, this appears to be a rich Milky Way field over unresolved haze.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7175 = h2141 on 25 Sep 1829 and recorded "The chief * 9m of a vL, loose clustering group which fills two fields and is pretty rich of large stars."  His position corresponds with mag 9.1 SAO 33935 at 21 58 51.5 +54 49 01. Reinmuth adds "a dense region, no distinct Cl."  RNGC classifies the number as nonexistent.  See Corwin's identification notes for more on this number.

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NGC 7176 = HCG 90B = ESO 466-041 = MCG -05-52-011 = UGCA 423 = VV 698 = LGG 450-008 = KTS 66C = PGC 67883

22 02 08.4 -31 59 30; PsA

V = 11.4;  Size 0.8'x0.8';  Surf Br = 11.0

 

24" (8/23/14): at 375x appeared very bright, moderately large, round, 1.0' diameter, intense core that increases to the center, which contains a bright, stellar nucleus. NGC 7174, with an elongated, irregular shape, is merged with NGC 7176 on the southwest side, and the combination forms a striking triple with NGC 7173 1.5' northwest.  ESO 466-046 lies 7.5' due east.  This edge-on galaxy appeared extremely faint, fairly small, very elongated 4:1 SSW-NNE, 0.6'x0.15'.  A mag 15 star is off the southeast end.

 

18" (10/21/06): slightly brighter than NGC 7173.  Appears bright, moderately large, round, 1.1' diameter.  Sharply concentrated with a very bright 30" core that increases to a stellar nucleus.  Forms an interacting double system (merged) with NGC 7174 (elliptical/spiral pair) attached to the SW side.

 

18" (9/3/05): fairly bright, moderately large, 1' diameter, well concentrated with a bright, very small nucleus.  This is the most obvious (along with NGC 7172) in a quartet comprising HCG 90.  NGC 7174 is attached at the west edge.

 

13.1" (7/27/84): faint, small, round, similar to NGC 7173 1.5' NW.  Forms a contact pair with NGC 7174 at the SW edge in the NGC 7172 group = HCG 90.

 

8" (7/24/82): faint, small.  Component of an unresolved pair with NGC 7174.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7176 = h3911 on 23 Sep 1834 (sweep 492) and recorded "B; R; pretty gradually brighter middle; 40"." Two nights later (sweep 493) he logged "vB; pL; suddenly brighter in the middle to a star; has a very faint star south preceding."  His position (measured on 6 sweeps and sketched on plate IV, fig 11) matches ESO 466-041 = HCG 90B.  The "faint star" on sweep 493 is NGC 7174 - recorded as a nebula on sweep 495.  Both Joseph Turner and Pietro Baracchi sketched the group using the 48" Melbourne telescope but the prepared drawing (plate VI, figure 66) was not published.

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NGC 7177 = UGC 11872 = MCG +03-56-003 = CGCG 451-002 = PGC 67823

22 00 41.2 +17 44 17; Peg

V = 11.2;  Size 3.1'x2.0';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 90°

 

17.5" (8/5/91): very bright, moderately large, elongated 2:1 E-W, 2'x1'.  Unusual appearance as the very bright core is elongated at nearly a 45° angle (SW-NE) to the major axis and contains a stellar nucleus.  There is a hint of an irregular surface brightness in the outer halo.

 

13.1": moderately bright, brighter core, elongated WSW-ENE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7177 = H. II-247 = h2139 on 15 Oct 1784 (sweep 290) and recorded "pB, nearly R, bM, r, about 1' dia."  On 11 Oct 1825 (sweep 12), John Herschel reported "pB; R; gradually brighter in the middle; 60"-90" diameter."  R.J. Mitchell, Lord Rosse's assistant, sketched the galaxy on 31 Aug 1854 (Plate XXX, Fig. 38 in the 1861 publication).  A total of 19 observations were made at Birr Castle.

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NGC 7178 = ESO 404-022 = MCG -06-48-016 = PGC 67898

22 02 25.2 -35 47 26; PsA

V = 14.0;  Size 1.1'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 172°

 

17.5" (9/23/95): extremely faint, small, round, 30" diameter.  Appears as a difficult low surface brightness patch with no concentration.  Located 2.6' N of mag 8.1 SAO 213493.  NGC 7178 was much more difficult to view than IC 5157 located 53' NNE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7178 = h3912 on 31 Aug 1834 and recorded "eF; S; R; 2' n of a *8m; a double star 10/10 m follows nearly on the parallel of the nebula, and pointing directly to it.  A sure observation; but except in the finest nights this neb will not be seen."

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NGC 7179 = ESO 108-011 = LGG 452-001 = PGC 67995

22 04 49.5 -64 02 49; Ind

V = 12.8;  Size 2.0'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 48°

 

18" (7/6/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): first in a group of 5 galaxies with brightest member NGC 7192.  At 228x, NGC 7179 appeared moderately bright, fairly large, elongated 5:2 SW-NE, 1.8'x0.7', brighter core.  I had the impression this was a barred spiral.  A mag 14 star is just south of the NE end.  Located 21' NW of NGC 7192.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7179 = h3907 on 22 Jun 1835 and recorded "F; R or lE; very gradually brighter middle; 40"."  His mean position (2 sweeps) is very accurate.

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NGC 7180 = ESO 601-006 = MCG -04-52-008 = PGC 67890

22 02 18.4 -20 32 53; Aqr

V = 12.6;  Size 1.6'x0.7';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 68°

 

18" (10/21/06): fairly faint, small, elongated 4:3 WSW-ENE, 40"x30", very small bright core, occasional stellar nucleus. Located 16' NNW of NGC 7184 and first of 3 NGC galaxies with NGC 7185 10' ENE and NGC 7188 21' NE.

 

18" (8/2/05): moderately bright, fairly small, very elongated 5:2 WSW-ENE, 1.0'x0.35'.  Well concentrated with a relatively large bright core and much fainter extensions.  Member of the NGC 7184 group of 4 NGC galaxies.

 

17.5" (10/12/85): fairly faint, very small, small bulging bright core, surrounded by oval halo.  Located 16' NNW of NGC 7184 in a group.  NGC 7185 lies 10' NE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7180 = h2140 on 23 Sep 1830 and recorded "vF; S; R; little brighter middle; the first of 2 [with NGC 7185]." His position is just 1' too far west. Due to a mix-up, William was credited (H. III-693) with the discovery in the Slough Catalogue, General Catalogue and NGC, but H. III-693 applies to NGC 7185.  See notes on that number.

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NGC 7181 = CGCG 377-014 = PGC 67859

22 01 43.5 -01 57 38; Aqr

V = 14.0;  Size 0.9'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 95°

 

17.5" (8/31/86): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, small bright core.  A mag 14.5 star is just 0.6' SE of center.  Forms a pair with NGC 7182 14' S.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7181 = m 458 on 31 Jul 1864 and noted "eF, vS, stellar."  His position is just off the east side of the galaxy.

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NGC 7182 = MCG +00-56-006 = CGCG 377-015 = PGC 67864

22 01 51.6 -02 11 48; Aqr

V = 14.3;  Size 0.9'x0.4';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 110°

 

17.5" (8/31/86): faint, very small, round, easy with averted, small bright core.  Forms a pair with NGC 7181 14' N.  Located 21' W of Omicron Aquarii (V = 4.7).

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7182 = m 459 on 31 Jul 1864 and noted "eF, vS, stellar."  Édouard Stephan probably made an observation on 19 Sep 1876, though his position was poor.

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NGC 7183 = ESO 601-008 = MCG -03-56-004 = PGC 67892

22 02 21.6 -18 54 59; Aqr

V = 11.9;  Size 3.8'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 77°

 

17.5" (10/13/90): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 5:2 WSW-ENE, gradually increases to a small bright core.  Located at the center of four stars mag 11-13; the closest of the four is a mag 12 star 1.9' NW.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7183 = H. II-595 = h2142 on 23 Sep 1786 (sweep 601) and recorded "faint, considerably large, irregularly elongated."  This was first discovery after starting to experiment with the front-view mode (no secondary) again with the 18.7".  He observed II-595 again of 13 Nov 1786 (sweep 634) and noted "eF, S, lE nearly in the parallel, little brighter in the middle."

 

On 21 Sep 1830 (sweep 297), John Herschel logged "vF; pL; R; pglbM; 50" diameter."

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NGC 7184 = ESO 601-009 = MCG -04-52-009 = UGCA 425 = PGC 67904

22 02 39.8 -20 48 46; Aqr

V = 10.8;  Size 6.0'x1.5';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 61°

 

18" (10/21/06): bright, large, very elongated 4:1 WSW-ENE, 4.5'x1.1'.  The halo extends to a mag 11.5 star at the tip of the ENE arm.  The core is fairly sharply concentrated, round, ~20" in diameter with a stellar nucleus.  The extensions have a grainy appearance. Two wide pairs of mag 12 stars (~1' separation) lie 2' W and 7' NW.  Brightest and largest in a group of three NGC galaxies (NGC 7180, NGC 7185, NGC 7188).

 

18" (8/2/05): fairly bright, large, nearly edge-on 4:1 SW-NE, ~4'x1'.  Well concentrated with a brighter 30" roundish core.  The extensions fade at the tips and increase in size with averted vision.  A mag 11.5 star is off the NE extension in the same direction as the major axis and a wide pair of stars is near the southwest end.  Brightest in a group with NGC 7180, NGC 7185 and NGC 7188.

 

17.5" (10/12/85): bright, large, very elongated WSW-ENE with long faint extensions 5'-6' length, small bright core.  A mag 12 star is off the NE edge.  In a group with NGC 7180, NGC 7185 and NGC 7188.

 

8" (8/28/81): faint, fairly large, edge-on, narrow.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7184 = H. II-1 = h2143 on 28 Oct 1783, in a trial (horizontal) sweep.  He recorded it as internal discovery #1 and made a sketch that is shown in Wolfgang Steinicke's book on Herschel. Another observation was made on sweep 609 (13 Oct 1786, starting again using the front-view): "faint, much extended, easily resolvable, making an angle with two pairs of stars, which are situated in a line from np to sf.  The nebula is also followed by a small star, which continues the angle the nebula makes with the two pairs of stars."

 

John Herschel made the single observation on 23 Sep 1830, "pB; pL; vmE; position = 64.3°; pretty suddenly very little brighter middle; 2' long."  Bir Castle assistant George Stone observed NGC 7184 on 7 Sep 1850 and reported seeing 4 knots or faint stars in the nebula.

 

Photographs taken with the 30-inch reflector at the Helwan observatory in Egypt in 1919-20 revealed "spiral with rather compact but well defined whorls [spiral arms] and a B sharp stellar nucleus surrounded by a rather brighter patch of nebulosity.  Ther are signs of absorption in the northwest portion."

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NGC 7185 = ESO 601-010 = MCG -04-52-011 = PGC 67919

22 02 56.7 -20 28 17; Aqr

V = 12.6;  Size 2.3'x1.5';  Surf Br = 13.8;  PA = 15°

 

18" (10/21/06): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:3 SSW-NNE, 0.5'x0.35', contains a small bright core, perhaps 5" diameter.  There is an extremely faint star superimposed on the southwest side [20" SW of center].  Member of the NGC 7184 group with NGC 7180 10' WSW and NGC 7188 12' NE.

 

18" (8/2/05): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE.  Contains a relatively large, bright core and possibly a stellar nucleus.  The surface brightness seems irregular, though this may be due to a very faint star that is superimposed.

 

17.5" (10/12/85): fairly faint, elongated ~N-S, bright core, stellar nucleus, surrounded by faint extensions.  Located within the NGC 7184 group.  Appears slightly fainter than NGC 7180 10' WSW.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7185 = H. III-693 = h2144 on 11 Sep 1787 (sweep 754) and noted "eF, vS.  360x confirmed it, but may consist of but a few stars."  His position is 33 seconds of RA east and 2' north of ESO 601-006 and falls much closer to NGC 7185.  John Herschel found this galaxy again on 23 Sep 1830 along with nearby NGC 7180, and noted "vF; pL; irr R; very gradually little brighter middle; the second of two."  John accidentally assigned H. III-693 to h2140 = NGC 7180 in the Slough catalogue, although Wolfgang notes his sweep records show the correct identification.

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NGC 7186

22 01 05.1 +35 04 41; Peg

 

= 4*, WH.  = 7 faint stars, Reinmuth.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7186 = H. III-165 on 13 Sep 1784 (sweep 269) and recorded "Five or six stars forming a parallelogram and mixed with very faint nebulosity.  240 confirmed it."  Although an elongated group of about 8 faint stars matching his description is about 4' southwest of his offsets, there is no involved nebulosity.  Herschel used this object as an example of a "small patches consisting of stars mixed with nebulosity" in his 1814 PT paper.  Bigourdan's corrected position from 24 Aug 1884 in the IC 2 notes is accurate.  Reinmuth describes "7 F st; neb not found"  (repeated by Carlson).  See Corwin's notes.

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NGC 7187 = ESO 404-024 = MCG -06-48-018 = AM 2159-330 = LGG 450-011 = PGC 67909

22 02 44.3 -32 48 11; PsA

V = 12.5;  Size 1.4'x1.3';  Surf Br = 13.0

 

17.5" (7/22/87): fairly faint, fairly small, round, bright core, stellar nucleus.  Located 39' S of mag 6.7 SAO 213495.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7187 = LM 1-246 in 1886 and recorded "pF; pS; R; little brighter in the middle."  His rough position (nearest min of RA) is less than 1 min of time east of  ESO 404-024 = PGC 67909.  Wolfgang Steinicke notes this is the southernmost galaxy in the NGC discovered at the Leander McCormick Observatory with the 26-inch Clark refractor.

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NGC 7188 = ESO 601-011 = MCG -04-52-012 = PGC 67943

22 03 29.0 -20 19 05; Aqr

V = 13.2;  Size 1.6'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 44°

 

18" (10/21/06): faintest of 4 NGC galaxies in the NGC 7184 group.  Appears faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 45"x35", low even surface brightness.  Located 14' WNW of mag 8.2 SAO 190861 and 12' NE of NGC 7185. A mag 14 star lies 1.7' NE.

 

18" (8/2/05): faintest of four in the NGC 7184 group.  At 225x appeared fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, 1.0'x0.5'.  Fairly low surface brightness with just a weak concentration.  A mag 13.5 star is off the NE end 1.7' from center.

 

17.5" (10/12/85): very faint, small, slightly elongated, weak concentration, very diffuse.  Located 10' NNE of NGC 7185 and a member of the NGC 7184 group.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7188 = LM 1-247 on 9 Oct 1885 and reported "eF; pS; E; little brighter in the middle."  His rough position (nearest min of RA) is 25 seconds west and 1' south of ESO 601-011.  Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1898-99 with the 20" refractor at Denver.  I'm surprised John Herschel missed this galaxy as he observed the other three members in the NGC 7184 group.

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NGC 7189 = UGC 11882 = MCG +00-56-007 = CGCG 377-017 = PGC 67934

22 03 16.0 +00 34 16; Aqr

V = 13.5;  Size 1.0'x0.7';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 115°

 

17.5" (8/31/86): fairly faint, small, elongated NW-SE, small bright core, stellar nucleus or faint star superimposed.  Located 33' E of 28 Aquarii (V = 5.8).

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7189 = m 460 on 12 Oct 1863 and noted "F, S, lE."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7190 = UGC 11885 = CGCG 428-019 = PGC 67928

22 03 06.7 +11 11 57; Peg

V = 13.8;  Size 0.9'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 66°

 

17.5" (9/19/87): faint, small, round, small bright core.  Located in field 10' S of 21 Pegasi (V = 5.8).  IC 5160 lies 16' S.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7190 = St. 2-28 = St. 4-7 on 28 Sep 1869 and recorded a rough, unpublished position 4' too far NNW.  Another observation was made on 29 Aug 1872, though apparently he didn't realize it was previously seen.  He measured micrometric positions on 23 Jul 1870 (list 2, #28) and on 5 Sep 1872 (list 4, #7).  His second position was a bit off, but close enough it's surprising he didn't realize the equivalence.  Dreyer assigned two GC Supplelment numbers but queried "are these identical?"

 

UGC and PGC reverse the identifications of NGC 7190 = UGC 11885 and IC 5160 = UGC 11884 located 17' S.  See Harold Corwin's notes on the identification of IC 1424.

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NGC 7191 = ESO 108-013 = LGG 452-003 = PGC 68059

22 06 51.3 -64 38 03; Ind

V = 13.1;  Size 1.6'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 136°

 

18" (7/6/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 228x, fairly faint, moderately large, elongated nearly 3:1 NW-SE, 1.4'x0.5', weak concentration.  Located 19' due south of NGC 7192 and second of 5 in a group.  NGC 7199 is located 11' ESE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7191 = h3913, and NGC 7199, on 22 Jun 1835 and recorded "vF; S; lE; very gradually brighter middle; 20"."  His single position is just off the south side of the galaxy.

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NGC 7192 = ESO 108-012 = LGG 452-002 = PGC 68057

22 06 50.2 -64 18 57; Ind

V = 11.2;  Size 2.0'x1.9';  Surf Br = 12.7

 

18" (7/6/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): fairly bright, round, 1.5' diameter, well concentrated with a very small bright core.  A mag 10.5 star lies 5.7' E.  Brightest in a group with 5 members including NGC 7179, NGC 7191, NGC 7199 and NGC 7219.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7192 = h3914 on 22 Jun 1835 and recorded "pB; S; R; gradually pretty much brighter middle; 20"."  His position (measured on two sweeps) is accurate.

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NGC 7193

22 03 03.8 +10 48 06; Peg

Size 8'

 

18" (8/8/10): I noticed this asterism, while observing IC 5160, located in the same field 7' to the north.  The group is a distinctive asterism of about a dozen mag 11-12 stars that is elongated NW to SE and extends 6'x1' or nearly twice this length if you include some scattered stars extending NW.  The group stands out well at low power and is a good impostor of a scattered cluster.

 

17.5" (9/23/95): this asterism consists of almost two dozen scattered stars mostly mag 10 and 11 in an elongated 10'x2' group oriented WNW-ESE.  The stars are spread out but well detached in the field and immediately catch the eye at low power.  A faint galaxy IC 5160 lies 7' N of the center of the group.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7193 = h2145 on 13 Oct 1825 and recorded "A coarse straggling cl, stars 9...10m."  His position falls on a blank piece of sky, but 30 seconds of RA preceding is a distinctive string of mag 10 and fainter stars elongated E-W.  Based on Heidelberg plate, Karl Reinmuth reported this object as a "Cl, E, pP, st sc, st 9...15; IC 5160 [galaxy] n."  RNGC misclassifies the number as nonexistent, although the group of stars may be an asterism.  A 2016 preprint titled "Investigation of Galactic open cluster remnants: the case of NGC 7193", concludes "that NGC 7193 is a 2.5 Gyr OCR [open cluster remnant] composed by 15 confirmed members and 19 probable members and located at about 500 pc away from the Sun."

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NGC 7194 = UGC 11888 = MCG +02-56-008 = CGCG 428-021 = PGC 67945

22 03 30.9 +12 38 12; Peg

V = 13.1;  Size 1.1'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 20°

 

17.5" (9/19/87): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, weak concentration.  Forms a close pair with NGC 7195 1.5' N.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7194 = Sw. 2-90, along with NGC 7195, on 9 Nov 1884 and recorded "vF; S; R; little brighter middle; s of 2 [with NGC 7195]."  His position is 8 tsec of RA too far east and 1.8' too far north (similar offset as NGC 7195).  CGCG fails to label this galaxy NGC 7194.

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NGC 7195 = MCG +02-56-009 = CGCG 428-022 = PGC 67940

22 03 30.3 +12 39 39; Peg

V = 14.6;  Size 0.6'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.0

 

17.5" (9/19/87): very faint, very small, round.  Located 1.5' N of NGC 7194.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7195 = Sw. 2-91, along with NGC 7194, on 9 Nov 1884 and recorded "eeF; R; v diff; n of 2 [with NGC 7194]."  His position is 8 tsec of RA too far east and 1.3' too far north (similar offset as NGC 7195).

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NGC 7196 = ESO 237-036 = AM 2202-502 = PGC 68020

22 05 55.1 -50 07 11; Ind

V = 11.5;  Size 2.5'x1.8';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 53°

 

30" (10/9/15 - OzSky): at 394x; bright, moderately large, very sharply concentrated with the core increasing to a very bright stellar nucleus.  The halo extends 4:3 SW-NE, ~1.2'x0.9'.  A mag 13.5 star is just off the east edge, 0.6' from center.  A curving chain of stars passes just north of the galaxy and continues to the northeast.  NGC 7200 lies 14' NE and the pair is part of the same physical group.

 

LEDA 129874 is a small companion off the northeast edge, 1.1' from center.  It was easily visible as a faint to fairly faint glow, very small, round, 12"-15" diameter, low surface brightness.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7196 = h3915 on 2 Oct 1834 and recorded "pB; R; pretty suddenly little brighter middle; 20"; position of a * 14m from neb = 101.7°."  His position (measured on 4 sweeps) is accurate.

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NGC 7197 = UGC 11887 = MCG +07-45-005 = CGCG 530-003 = PGC 67921

22 02 58.0 +41 03 32; Lac

V = 12.8;  Size 1.6'x0.8';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 112°

 

17.5" (8/5/91): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 WNW-ESE, very bright core.  Located 4.1' WNW of mag 8.2 SAO 51599.  Situated in a very rich star field that includes many fairly bright stars mag 10-11.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7197 = H. II-599 = h2146 on 17 Oct 1786 (sweep 612) and noted "F, pS, E."  John Herschel made a single observation, "vF; lE; S; very gradually little brighter middle; 15"."

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NGC 7198 = MCG +00-56-008 = CGCG 377-023 = PGC 68006

22 05 14.2 -00 38 54; Aqr

V = 13.3;  Size 1.5'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 5°

 

17.5" (8/31/86): faint, small, slightly elongated, sharp stellar nucleus.  A mag 13 star is 0.7' SE of center.  Located 21' SSW of Alpha Aquarii (V = 3.0).

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7198 = m 461 on 31 Jul 1864 and noted "eF, vS, stellar."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7199 = ESO 108-014 = PGC 68124

22 08 29.9 -64 42 23; Ind

V = 13.1;  Size 1.1'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 30°

 

18" (7/6/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 228x appeared fairly faint, fairly small, irregularly round, 0.8'x0.7', brighter core.  A mag 11 star lies 2.7' W.  Fourth of five in a group with NGC 7191 11' WNW.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7199 = h3916, and NGC 7191, on 22 Jun 1835 and recorded "vF; vS; R; pretty suddenly little brighter middle; follows a * 11m, 3'." His position (measured on two sweeps) is accurate.

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NGC 7200 = ESO 237-037 = PGC 68068

22 07 09.5 -49 59 44; Ind

V = 12.9;  Size 1.6'x1.2';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 33°

 

30" (10/9/15 - OzSky): at 394x; bright, fairly small, sharply concentrated with an intense core that increases to an even brighter nucleus.  The halo is slightly extended SW-NE and perhaps 0.6'x0.45'.  NGC 7196 lies 14' SW.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7200 = h3917 on 30 Sep 1834 and recorded "pF; S; R; suddenly much brighter middle; 15"."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7201 = ESO 467-004 = MCG -05-52-026 = PGC 68040

22 06 31.9 -31 15 47; PsA

V = 12.8;  Size 1.6'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.4;  PA = 128°

 

24" (8/16/12): moderately to fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 5:2 or 3:1 NW-SE, ~45"x16", small bright core, brightens to the center.  Forms a very nice trio with NGC 7203 and 7204.

 

18" (10/25/08): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 NW-SE, 0.6'x0.2', small bright core.  First and furthest south in a linear trio with NGC 7203 6.6' NNE and NGC 7204 13.5' NNE.  This galaxy has a higher surface brightness than NGC 7203.  This group (Klemola 36) is located ~1.3 degrees NE of the NGC 7173 group (HCG 90).

 

17.5" (7/22/87): fairly faint, fairly small, round, bright core.  First of three on a line in field with NGC 7203 6.5' NNE and NGC 7204 13.5' NNE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7201 = h3918, along with NGC 7203 and 7204, on 27 Sep 1834 and recorded "pF; R; gradually brighter in the middle.

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NGC 7202 = ESO 467-4

22 06 43.3 -31 13 06; PsA

 

18" (10/25/08): this is a single mag 14.5 star located just east of the midpoint of a line connecting NGC 7201 and NGC 7203.  Does not have a nebulous appearance at 280x.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7202 = h3920 on 15 Aug 1835 and recorded "eF; S; star like; [italics] the second of a group of 3."  He later added the note, "It precedes the 3rds 2 beats of the chronom = 1 second.  The RA here set down, it must be noticed, is comparable only with that single value of the RA of the others, which results from sweep 619]."  At his offset from NGC 7203 (3rd in the sweep) is a single star (mag 14.6 in the GSC). Pietro Baracchi searched for this object carefully in Dec 1887 with the Great Melbourne Telescope and also found a single star at Herschel's position.  ESO equates NGC 7202 with this star.  See Harold Corwin's notes.

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NGC 7203 = ESO 467-007 = MCG -05-52-027 = PGC 68053

22 06 43.9 -31 09 45; PsA

V = 12.6;  Size 1.6'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 72°

 

24" (8/16/12): moderately bright, fairly small to moderately large, elongated 2:1 WSW-ENE, bright roundish core, 40"x20".

 

18" (10/25/08): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:3 WSW-ENE, 0.65'x0.4', gradually brightens to a large, brighter core.  Middle of linear trio of elongated galaxies with NGC 7201 to the SSE and NGC 7204 to the NNE.  A mag 11 star lies 2.9' ENE.

 

17.5" (7/22/87): fairly faint, fairly small, round, bright core.  Slightly brighter than NGC 7201 6.5' SSW.  Second of three on line with NGC 7204 7.0' NNE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7203 = h3921, along with NGC 7201 and 7204, on 27 Sep 1834 and recorded "pF; R; gradually brighter in the middle."  He made a total of 3 observations.

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NGC 7204 = ESO 467-008 = MCG -05-52-028 = MCG -05-52-029 = AM 2204-311 = VV 685 = PGC 68060 = PGC 68061

22 06 54.0 -31 02 59; PsA

V = 13.5;  Size 1.2'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.7

 

24" (8/16/12): this strongly interacting double system appeared fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 3:2 E-W, irregular, ~1.0'x0.7'.  At 280x it resolved into two galaxies.  According to my notes the NW component (MCG -05-52-008 = NGC 7204A) is more prominent with a higher surface brightness.  The fainter galaxy is attached on the south side (MCG -05-52-009/NGC 7204B) and is elongated to the east, with the two glows barely resolved.

 

18" (10/25/08): this interacting double system is the furthest NNE is an equally spaced trio with NGC 7203 6.9' SSW and NGC 7201 13.5' SSW.  At 174x it appeared faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 E-W, fairly low surface brightness with no concentration.  At 283x, it appeared brighter on the western side (due to the small companion galaxy just off the NW end), but the duo was not cleanly resolved.

 

17.5" (7/22/87): faint, fairly small, round, diffuse.  Faintest and last of three with NGC 7201 13.5' SSW and NGC 7203 7.0' SSW.  Mag 8.2 SAO 213556 is 7.2' NNE and mag 9.6 SAO 213549 5.8' N.  This is an interacting double system but was not resolved.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7204 = h3922 on 27 Sep 1834 and recorded "pB; L; lE; gradually brighter in the middle; 80"."  Although described as single, this is a double system with two entries in MCG (-05-52-028 and -05-52-029) although the MCG declination is 4' too far south.

 

NGC 7204 was first recognized as a close pair in a Helwan Observatory photograph taken in 1914-16 with the 30" reflector and reported in the 1921 observations table: "a curious double nebula.  The north portion is F, S, E30°, but not an ordinary spindle.  The south-following portion is a slightly curved line; concave to the north, moderately bright at each end and E85°.  The west end of this line is south-following the north portion by 20"."

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NGC 7205 = ESO 146-009 = AM 2205-574 = PGC 68128

22 08 34.4 -57 26 33; Tuc

V = 10.9;  Size 4.1'x2.0';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 73°

 

18" (7/6/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 228x, this galaxy was surprisingly bright and large, elongated 2:1 WSW-ENE, 3.5'x1.8', increases to a small bright core.  The outer halo on the west-southwest end seems to be more extensive but has a noticeably lower surface brightness.  A single spiral arm appears to emerge from the core on the north side and wrap around clockwise towards the east!  Situated between mag 8.9 SAO 247319 4' SW and a mag 10 star 4' NE.  This galaxy straddles the border of Tucana and Indus and is close to the southwest corner of Grus.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7205 = h3919 on 10 Jul 1834 and recorded "pB; lE; gradually little brighter middle; 2 1/2' l, 1 1/2' br."  Member of the Pavo-Indus Cloud along with NGC 7213, 7049, 7083 and 7144.

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NGC 7206 = UGC 11904 = MCG +03-56-007 = CGCG 451-006 = PGC 68014

22 05 40.9 +16 47 07; Peg

V = 13.3;  Size 1.3'x1.3';  Surf Br = 13.7

 

17.5" (8/20/88): faint, small, round, sharp concentration with a very small core.  Pair with NGC 7207 1.6' SE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7206 = m 462, along with NGC 7207, on 7 Aug 1864 and noted "F, S, lE, bM."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7207 = CGCG 451-007 = PGC 68017

22 05 45.7 +16 46 04; Peg

V = 14.4;  Size 0.7'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 93°

 

17.5" (8/20/88): very faint, very small, round, weak concentration.  Forms a close pair with NGC 7206 1.6' NW.  Forms an equilateral triangle with two mag 14.5 stars 1' E.  Not identified as NGC 7207 in UGC or CGCG.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7207 = m 463, along with NGC 7206, on 7 Aug 1864 and noted "vF, S."  His position is accurate (to within 1').  CGCG and UGC (notes for NGC 7206) fail to label this galaxy as NGC 7207. Malcolm Thomson mentioned this omission in his unpublished "CGCG Corrections".

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NGC 7208 = ESO 467-010 = MCG -05-52-032 = AM 2205-291 = PGC 68120

22 08 24.4 -29 03 04; PsA

V = 12.8;  Size 0.9'x0.5';  Surf Br = 11.9;  PA = 142°

 

17.5" (8/10/91): fairly faint, fairly small, round, broad concentration but no nucleus.  On a line between a mag 11.5 star 1.8' WSW and a mag 11 star 3.3' ENE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7208 = h3923 on 28 Sep 1834 and recorded "vF; vS; R; almost uniformly bright."  There is nothing near his single position, but exactly 1.0 minute of RA east is ESO 467-010 = PGC 68120, certainly the intended object.  Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1897 (repeated in the IC 2 Notes).  MCG fails to label this galaxy as NGC 7208.

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NGC 7209 = Cr 444 = Mel 238 = Lund 1004

22 05 07 +46 29 00; Lac

V = 6.7;  Size 25'

 

15x50 IS binoculars (6/19/09): while observing Barnard 168, the fairly prominent, long dark lane that begins near M39 and heads east in the direction of the Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146), I picked up this fairly faint, round, diffuse patch that was easily visible in binoculars.  NGC 7209 is perhaps two degrees further ESE and collinear with the B168 dark lane.

 

17.5" (10/12/85): 100-125 stars are resolved, bright, large.  Located in a very rich field so does not stand out conspicuously.

 

13.1" (9/22/84): about 75 stars, bright, fairly scattered.

 

8": fairly large, spread out, similar magnitudes.  Framed by an 8th magnitude star.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7209 = H. VII-53 = h2147 on 19 Oct 1788 (sweep 868) and recorded "a large cluster of pretty compressed considerable large stars, above 15' diameter."  John Herschel made two observations, first recording on sweep 209, "place of a * 10m near the middle of a fine L p rich cluster; 50 stars from 10m to 13m counted.  It fills field.  Moon full."

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NGC 7210 = NGC 7487 = UGC 12368 = MCG +05-54-035 = CGCG 496-043 = PGC 70496

23 06 50.5 +28 10 45; Peg

V = 13.5;  Size 1.8'x1.7'

 

See observing notes for NGC 7487.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7210 = h2148 on 17 Nov 1827 and recorded "eF; R; bM; ill-defined; a vF double star 45° north-preceding 4' dist points just to it."  Both his RA and Dec are marked as very uncertain (::) and there is nothing fitting his description near the position.  There were three unsuccessful attempts to find this object at Birr Castle (twice with passing clouds) and Karl Reinmuth reported it was not found on a Heidelberg plate.  But JH made two transcription errors contributing to the erroneous NGC position.  His position in the General Catalogue (GC) and repeated in the NGC is 1 degree too far south.  Furthermore Harold Corwin found (April 2016), that he made a transcription error in copying the RA from his logbook to the Slough Catalogue, so the RA (marked as uncertain) is 1 hour too small.  Correcting both of these errors, the position of NGC 7210 = h2148 (as well as the description) matches NGC 7487, later discovered by Lewis Swift.  None of the modern online sources (NED, HyperLEDA, SIMBAD) connect NGC 7210 with NGC 7487.

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NGC 7211 = PGC 68033

22 06 21.9 -08 05 24; Aqr

V = 14.1;  Size 1.0'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 90°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): very faint, extremely small, round, small bright core, stellar nucleus.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7211 = m 464 on 3 Aug 1864 and noted "eF, S, stellar."  There is nothing at his position but exactly 1.0 minute of RA west is PGC 68033.

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NGC 7212 = UGC 11910 = MCG +02-56-011 = CGCG 428-032 = PGC 68065

22 07 02.0 +10 14 00; Peg

V = 14.2;  Size 1.2'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 33°

 

24" (8/25/19 and 8/29/19): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated SW-NE, ~0.5'x0.4', contains a very small bright core and an easy stellar nucleus.  A mag 15.5 star is off the south side [33" S of center].  A 20" pair of mag 14.5/15 stars is 1.3' NW and another 20" pair of 15th mag stars (nearly collinear with the galaxy) is 2' N.

 

A challenging companion is attached on the NE side [15" between centers] and it occasionally popped at 260x as a slightly brighter "knot", perhaps 12" diameter, involved on the north end of the halo.

 

24" (7/30/16): at 260x; faint to fairly faint, oval 3:2 SW-NE, 0.6'x0.4', very small bright core (round) stands out, occasional stellar nucleus.  A mag 15.5 star is off the south edge [35" S of center].  The seeing was too soft to confidently see the attached companion at the northeast end.

 

17.5" (9/19/87): extremely faint, small, diffuse.  A mag 15 star is involved at the southwest end.  Located 16' NE of STF 2857 = 7.2/9.0 at 20".  NGC 7212 is an interacting, overlapping pair with tidal plumes, but only a single glow was seen.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7212 = Sw. 5-93 on 2 Oct 1886 and recorded "vF; pS; lE."  His position matches UGC 11910 = PGC 68065.

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NGC 7213 = ESO 288-043 = AM 2206-472 = PGC 68165

22 09 16.3 -47 10 00; Gru

V = 10.1;  Size 3.1'x2.8';  Surf Br = 12.3

 

18" (11/22/08): fairly bright [even from northern California!], moderately large, round, 1.5' diameter.  Contains a bright 30" core that gradually increases to the center and a much fainter outer halo.

 

18" (7/5/05 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): bright, moderately large, round, 1.8' diameter.  Well concentrated with a small bright core that increases to a very bright stellar nucleus.  Forms the western vertex of an acute isosceles triangle with two equal mag 10.5 stars  6' E and 6' SE.  Located 16' SE of mag 1.7 Alpha Gruis (Al Nair).

 

11" (8/8/04 - Haleakala Crater, Hawaii): fairly bright, moderately large, round, 1.5' diameter, increases to a small bright core.  Very symmetrical appearance.  Easy to locate 16' SE of mag 1.7 Alpha Gruis.  Forms the western vertex of an isosceles triangle with two mag 10.5 stars ~6' E and SE.

 

13.1" (7/20/85): fairly faint, small, bright core.

 

13.1" (9/11/82): faint, small, round.  Located 16' SE of Alpha Gruis (V = 1.7).  This is farthest southern galaxy I've observed from northern California.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7213 = h3924 on 30 Sep 1834 and recorded "vB; R; gradually brighter in the middle; 45"."  His single position is accurate.  NGC 7213 is the brightest in a group that includes NGCs 7232 and 7233, IC 5170 and IC 5181.  The latter two galaxies were discovered by Joseph Lunt at the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope.  Curiously, his list of new nebula also appears to include NGC 7213 (based on his position), though he specifically mentioned the new nebulae were near h3924 [NGC 7213].

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NGC 7214 = HCG 91A = ESO 467-012 = MCG -05-52-034 = VV 700 = AM 2206-280 = PGC 68152

22 09 07.6 -27 48 34; PsA

V = 12.7;  Size 2.2'x1.4';  Surf Br = 13.8

 

24" (9/6/18 and 8/1/19): NGC 7214 is the dominant member of the HCG 91 quartet.  It appeared moderately bright, moderately large, ~50" diameter, well concentrated with a well-defined bright core that increased to the center and a fainter, slightly irregular halo (no spiral structure, though).  HCG 91D is barely off the north edge and appeared fairly faint, very small, round, ~0.3' diameter, very small brighter nucleus with a stellar peak.

 

ESO 467-011 (misidentified as IC 5168), located 5.6' SW of NGC 7214, was a threshold object and popped a couple of times at 220x as a thin edge-on, ~5:1 NW-SE.  A number of faint ESO galaxies surround HCG 91, including ESO 467-17 21' ESE, ESO 467-16 19' NNE, ESO 467-5 36' WSW.

 

18" (9/3/05): brightest and largest of four in the HCG 91 group = AM 2206-280 = Klemola 40.  At 225x NGC 7214 appeared fairly faint, fairly small, irregularly round or a ragged edge to the outer halo.  Diameter ~0.8', though grows slightly with averted vision.  Contains a small, bright, round core.  Two mag 13 stars aligned E-W are close south and southwest.  MCG -05-52-035 = HCG 91D is attached at the north end and appears as a very faint, extremely small knot, ~10" diameter.  ESO 467-013 = HCG 91C, situated 2' NE of NGC 7214, appeared extremely faint, very small, round, very low surface brightness, 0.3' diameter.  ESO 467-015 = HCG 91B, situated 5' NNE, appeared extremely faint, small, thin edge-on streak NNW-SSE, 0.4'x0.1'.

 

17.5" (10/13/90): fairly faint, very small, slightly elongated, very small very bright core, a mag 13 star is just off the SW end, 1.1' from center.  This galaxy is the brightest of four in HCG 91.  An almost stellar companion, MCG -05-52-035 = HCG 91D, is 30" NNE, MCG -05-52-036 = HCG 91C 2.2' NE and MCG -05-52-039 = HCG 91B 5' NNE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7214 = h3926 on 30 Jul 1834 and recorded "a vS cluster or resolvable nebula; irreg R; little brighter middle; 2' diam; has 2 or 3 stars larger than the rest."  His position is accurate.  Herbert Howe, observing with the 20" refractor in Denver in 1898-99, remarked "h calls this a globular cluster.  To me it appeared to be a nebula having a nuclear condensation of mag 12; the surrounding nebulosity was indefinite in extent."I

 

In 1915 Knox-Shaw reported it was a not a globular cluster, but an open spiral, based on a photograph taken between 1912-13 the Helwan Observatory with the Reynolds reflector.  Based on imges taken 1914-16 it was described as "spiral with two arms, lE 90°, vB stellar nucleus with faint star following 15"."

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NGC 7215 = CGCG 377-031 = PGC 68127

22 08 34.5 +00 30 42; Aqr

V = 13.9;  Size 1.0'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 88°

 

17.5" (8/31/86): faint, small, elongated E-W, a small knot is possibly at the east end.  Located 10.4' N of mag 8 SAO 27318.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7215 = m 465 on 11 Aug 1864 and noted "vF, S, E."  His position is less than 1' south of CGCG 377-031 = PGC 68127.

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NGC 7216 = ESO 076-003 = PGC 68291

22 12 35.8 -68 39 43; Ind

V = 12.6;  Size 1.7'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 133°

 

30" (10/12/15 - OzSky): at 394x; fairly bright, sharply concentrated with a very bright core, the halo is extended 3:2 NW-SE, ~40"x25".  Mag 8.8 HD 210473 lies 4.8' SE and a distinctive 1.3' string of three mag 10-12.5 stars is 6' WSW.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7216 = h3925 on 29 Jun 1835 and recorded "pF; R; gradually brighter in the middle; 25"."  His position is good.

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NGC 7217 = UGC 11914 = MCG +05-52-001 = CGCG 494-002 = PGC 68096

22 07 52.4 +31 21 33; Peg

V = 10.1;  Size 3.9'x3.2';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 95°

 

17.5" (9/2/89): very bright, fairly large, round, dominated by small very bright core, surrounded by larger halo.  A mag 10.5 star is 3.2' SE of center.

 

8": fairly bright, round, moderately large, bright core.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7217 = H. II-207 = h2149 on 7 Sep 1784 (sweep 259) and recorded "R, mbM, cL, easily resolvable, the brightness diminishing gradually."  John Herschel made the single observation "B; R; 30"; gradually brighter in the middle." and measured an accurate position.  The Birr Castle observers also felt this object was resolvable -- and there are several faint stars involved or at the periphery.  On 16 Sep 1854, R.J. Mitchell logged "there can hardly be a doubt that this neb is a Cl; some stars near centre seen by Lord R. with one-inch single lens [power 650] and filaments of stars at times suspected running out from the nucleus."

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NGC 7218 = MCG -03-56-008 = PGC 68199

22 10 11.7 -16 39 36; Aqr

V = 12.0;  Size 2.5'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 20°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): moderately bright, fairly large, oval 2:1 SW-NE, 2.0'x1.0', broadly concentrated halo.  Two mag 12.5/13.5 are just following; the brighter star is 1.0' E of center and the fainter star is at the NE tip.

 

8" (7/24/82): faint, moderately large, elongated SW-NE, brighter core.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7218 = H. II-897 = h2150 on 6 Sep 1793 (sweep 1050) and recorded "pB, lE, r, about 1 1/2' long, 1 1/4' br." His position is fairly accurate.

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NGC 7219 = ESO 108-019 = LGG 452-004 = PGC 68312

22 13 09.5 -64 50 49; Tuc

V = 12.5;  Size 1.7'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 27°

 

18" (7/6/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): last of 5 NGC galaxies in the NGC 7192 group.  At 228x it appeared fairly faint, small, round, 40" diameter.  The brighter core is perhaps 15" and with averted vision the faint halo increased to ~1' diameter.  A mag 13 star is less than 2' W.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7219 = h3927 on 22 Jun 1835 and recorded "pB; R; pretty suddenly brighter middle; near 2 stars."  His mean position (2 sweeps) is accurate.

 

NGC 7219 was first photographed by DeLisle Stewart at Harvard's Arequipa Station between 1898 and 1901 and noted as a "Ellipse of uniform nebulosity, B stellar nucleus, E at 55°."

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NGC 7220 = ESO 532-028 = MCG -04-52-020 = PGC 68241

22 11 31.0 -22 57 10; Aqr

V = 13.5;  Size 0.9'x0.7';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 3°

 

24" (10/2/21): at 260x and 375x; fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, 30"x25", very small brighter nucleus.  A mag 14.8 star is 1' NNW and two mag 12.5 stars are 3' N and 2' NE.  IC 5178 lies 14' E.  ESO 402-009, located 22' NW, appeared faint, low surface brightness, round, ~0.7' diameter.

 

17.5" (8/8/91): very faint, very small, irregularly round, gradually weak concentration.  A mag 15 star is 1' N and a mag 12 star lies 3.0' N.

 

Frank Muller discovered NGC 7220 = LM 2-466 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory.  He reported "mag 15.5, 0.2' dia, vlE, gradually brighter in the middle, *10 precedes 3.2' in PA 5° (NNE).  There is nothing at his position, but 1.0 min of RA east and 2' north is ESO 532-028.  A mag 12 star 3' north matches his description.  Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1897-98 with the 20" refractor at the Chamberlin Observatory in Denver.

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NGC 7221 = ESO 467-018 = MCG -05-52-043 = AM 2208-304 = LGG 454-001 = PGC 68235

22 11 15.2 -30 33 47; PsA

V = 12.1;  Size 2.0'x1.6';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 10°

 

17.5" (10/5/91): faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 N-S, gradually brightens.  A mag 13.5 star is just off the NE edge 1.3' from center.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7221 = h3928 on 27 Sep 1834 and recorded "F; R; gradually brighter in the middle; has 2 stars 14m near; one almost involved."  His mean position (measured on 4 sweeps) is good.

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NGC 7222 = UGC 11934 = MCG +00-56-012 = CGCG 377-035 = PGC 68224

22 10 51.7 +02 06 21; Aqr

V = 13.8;  Size 1.2'x1.2';  Surf Br = 14.0;  PA = 5°

 

24" (9/10/15): at 260x; fairly faint, small, round, very small brighter nucleus, fairly low surface brightness halo ~24" diameter.  A mag 12 star lies 2' S and a mag 13.5 star 1.6' NW.  Viewed in fairly poor transparency.

 

CGCG 377-036 lies 4.4' E.  It appeared faint, very small, round, 12"-15" diameter.  A 4" double (mag 13.5/14.5) is just 0.6' E of center.

 

17.5" (8/31/86): faint, fairly small, diffuse, broadly concentrated.  Located between a mag 12 star 1.9' S and mag 13 star 1.5' NW.  A mag 11 star is 4.9' WNW.  Relatively large for such a faint galaxy.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7222 = m 466 on 11 Aug 1864 and noted "vF, S."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7223 = UGC 11931 = MCG +07-45-018 = CGCG 530-013 = Holm 788a = LGG 453-005 = PGC 68197

22 10 09.1 +41 01 02; Lac

V = 12.2;  Size 1.7'x1.2';  Surf Br = 12.8

 

17.5" (8/1/86): moderately bright, fairly diffuse, slightly elongated ~N-S.  There are two stars to the south including one at the south edge.

 

Forms a close, physical pair with PGC 214803 1.0' NW.  The companion appeared very faint, very small, slightly elongated.  It's situated west of a star off the north side of NGC 7223.  Also UGC 11927, located 8' WSW, appeared faint, fairly small, elongated SW-NE, very diffuse.

 

13.1" (8/17/85): fairly faint, moderately large, diffuse, elongated N-S.  Extends from a star on the south end in a fan-shape.  A faint star is off the north end.  A knot was suspected just west of the star at the north end (probably an anonymous companion).

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7223 = H. III-862 = h2151 on 8 Nov 1790 (sweep 977) and recorded "eF, pL, irregularly round, r.  300 showed it very plainly."  John Herschel's description reads, "eF; S; E; among 3 stars, with which however it seems not connected."

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NGC 7224 = UGC 11940 = MCG +04-52-004 = CGCG 473-006 = PGC 68242

22 11 35.4 +25 51 52; Peg

V = 13.2;  Size 1.6'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.8;  PA = 110°

 

17.5" (9/2/89): faint, small, irregularly round, weak concentration.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7224 = m 467 = St. 2-29 on 6 Sep 1863 and noted "F, S, R."  His position is accurate.  Édouard Stephan rediscovered the galaxy on 26 Sep 1869 (perhaps aware from Marth's catalog) and measured an accurate micrometric position on 25 Jul 1870.  He reported it as new in his second discovery list (#29) with description "very faint, small, round, diffuse."  Dreyer credited both Marth and Stephan in the NGC.

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NGC 7225 = ESO 532-033 = MCG -04-52-023 = AM 2210-262 = LGG 457-004 = PGC 68311

22 13 08.4 -26 08 54; PsA

V = 12.2;  Size 2.0'x1.0';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 147°

 

48" (11/4/21): at 488x; bright, fairly large, oval ~2:1 NW-SE, ~2'x1', contains a bright elongated central region with a much fanter halo.  The galaxy has a sharp light cut-off due to a dust lane along the western flank.  The section of the halo cut off by a thin gap glows much fainter and is less wide.  Situated 11' NNE of mag 6.2 HD 210739.

 

17.5" (10/13/90): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 NW-SE, gradually increases to a small bright core.  Located 12' NNE of mag 6.2 SAO 190967.  The strong dust lane on the DSS was not seen.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7225 = h3929 on 30 Jul 1834 and recorded "pF; S; lE; bM; 15" l, 12" br."  His single position is accurate.

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NGC 7226 = Cr 446 = Lund 1007 = OCL-226

22 10 26.9 +55 23 54; Cep

V = 9.6;  Size 2'

 

18" (8/17/04): at 225x, this is a small, faint group with 25-30 stars resolved in a 2'-2.5' region.  The star at the northeast edge is a nice, mag 12/13 double.  The remaining stars are generally 14th-15th magnitude and some pop in and out of view.

 

17.5" (11/2/91): 15 stars resolved at 220x within a compact 2' diameter.  The brightest mag 11 star is at the WNW edge and a close double star mag 12/13 at 11" is at the NE edge.  The remaining dozen very faint stars are 14th and 15th mag and located along the south side.  Situated in a rich star field over unresolved background haze.

 

Edward Holden discovered NGC 7226 on 20 Jun 1881 with the 15.6" Clark refractor at the Washburn Observatory. He described a "pretty bright nebula connected with a small cluster of stars which radiate in two streams from the f[ollowing] to p[receding] side.  Diam of Neb 5', of Cl. 15'.  North-preceding in p[osition angle] 315° is a small knot which may be nebulous."  His position is just off the east side of this small cluster.

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NGC 7227 = UGC 11942 = MCG +06-48-015 = CGCG 513-012 = PGC 68243

22 11 31.3 +38 43 17; Lac

V = 13.5;  Size 1.3'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 8°

 

17.5" (8/27/92): faint, small, elongated 3:2 N-S, weak concentration, low surface brightness.  View hindered by a mag 10 star at the SW end 34" from the center!  Pair with NGC 7228 3.6' ESE.  Nearby are UGC 11950 12' E and IC 5180 13' NNW.

 

On two occasions, I have picked up nearby galaxies instead of NGC 7227/7228 from the Sierra Buttes!  These include IC  5180/MCG +06-48-014 (for the pair) and CGCG 513-016 (for NGC 7227).

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7227 = St. 4-8, along with NGC 7228, on 28 Aug 1872.  He measured an accurate position on 1 Sep 1872 (List IV, #8) and observed the pair again on 19 Sep 1873.

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NGC 7228 = UGC 11945 = MCG +06-48-016 = CGCG 513-013 = PGC 68254

22 11 48.6 +38 41 57; Lac

V = 13.5;  Size 1.3'x1.3';  Surf Br = 13.9;  PA = 150°

 

17.5" (8/27/92): faint, small, round, broad concentration, no sharp core.  Close pair with NGC 7228 3.6' WNW and UGC 11950 also in field 8' E.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7228 = St. 4-9, along with NGC 7227, on 28 Aug 1872.  His published position (list 4, #9) was reduced a couple of days later (1 Sep.) He made a late observation on 1 Sep 1886 (one of his last of nights).  I'm surprised he missed UGC 11950!

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NGC 7229 = ESO 467-024 = MCG -05-52-051 = LGG 454-002 = PGC 68344

22 14 03.2 -29 22 58; PsA

V = 12.5;  Size 1.8'x1.5';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 157°

 

17.5" (10/5/91): very faint, fairly small, round, low surface brightness, averted only.  Located between two mag 14.5 stars 1.7' E and 1.2' SW.  Forms the north vertex of a flat isosceles triangle with mag 9 SAO 190990 6' ESE and an evenly matched double star 5.4' SW (mag 14/14 at 18").  ESO 467-026 = MCG -05-52-056 is located 15' NNE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7229 = h3930 on 27 Sep 1834 and recorded "pF; L; R; gradually little brighter middle; r."  His mean position (4 nights) is accurate.

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NGC 7230 = MCG -03-56-012 = PGC 68350

22 14 13.0 -17 04 27; Aqr

V = 14.1;  Size 0.9'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.7

 

17.5" (10/13/90): faint, small, round, broad concentration with no well-defined core.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7230 = H. III-931 = h2152 on 6 Sep 1793 (sweep 1050) and noted "eF, S, iR."  His position is accurate.  John Herschel made a single observation on 5 Aug 1826 and called it "vF; R; bM; 20"."

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NGC 7231 = UGC 11951 = CGCG 530-017 = PGC 68285

22 12 30.1 +45 19 42; Lac

V = 13.0;  Size 1.9'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 88°

 

17.5" (8/8/91): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 E-W, unconcentrated glow.  Two mag 14 stars are off the south edge.  Located 15' SW of mag 5.5 SAO 51783 just off the edge of the field.  This object appears as an unresolved patch in a rich Milky Way field (ZOA galaxy) as it is located just 9° from the galactic equator.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7231 = H. II-606 = h2153 on 24 Oct 1786 (sweep 620). He recorded "Faint, small, easily resolvable or rather a patch."  The galactic latitude of this galaxy is only -9°.  Earlier in the sweep he commented that the fields were "extremely rich, in stars of all sizes."  A second observation was made on 19 Oct 1788 (sweep 868), though he just noted "eF, resolvable."

 

John Herschel made the single observation "a most eF nebulous appearance, which is probably a few minute stars.  No other near." 

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NGC 7232 = ESO 289-007 = KTS 67A = LGG 455-002 = PGC 68431

22 15 38.0 -45 51 00; Gru

V = 12.0;  Size 2.6'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 99°

 

18" (7/5/05 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 5:2 ~E-W, ~1.5'x0.6'.  Well concentrated with a bright 30" core.  Forms the western vertex of an isosceles triangle with two bright stars – mag 8.8 HD 211111 3' NE and mag 8.9 HD 211121 3.5' E.  To complete this striking arrangement, a fainter companion, NGC 7233 is 1.9' E and is squeezed between NGC 7232 and the mag 8.9 star nearly due east.  Observation made with a partially dewed secondary that probably dimmed both members.

 

13.1" (8/17/85): at 166x; faint, elongated WNW-ESE, brighter core.  Located just 3.0' SW of mag 8.5 SAO 231056 and 3.0' W of a mag 9.5 star.  Brighter IC 5181 lies 26' SW.  Very far south for viewing from the latitude of Northern California.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7232 = h3931, along with NGC 7233, on 6 Sep 1834 and recorded "pB; vS; pmE; pretty suddenly brighter middle; 15" l, 8" br.  The preceding of 2."

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NGC 7233 = ESO 289-008 = KTS 67B = LGG 455-004 = PGC 68441

22 15 49.0 -45 50 47; Gru

V = 12.5;  Size 1.7'x1.3';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 133°

 

18" (7/5/05 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): faint, small, round, ~30" diameter, increases gradually to the center.  The halo increases a bit with averted vision to 0.6' diameter.  This unassuming galaxy is in a pretty striking arrangement, sandwiched between brighter NGC 7232 1.9' W and mag 8.9 HD 211121 1.5' following.  NGC 7232B, situated 4' N, was not noticed although the observation was compromised by a partially dewed secondary.

 

13.1" (8/17/85): not seen from northern California (very low elevation).

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7233 = h3932, along with NGC 7232, on 6 Sep 1834 and recorded "F; vS; R; 10".  The following of 2 [with NGC 7232]."  A star 8m follows nearly on the parallel, and another to the north."

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NGC 7234 = NGC 7235

22 12 25.0 +57 16 16; Cep

V = 7.7;  Size 4'

 

See observing notes for NGC 7235.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7234 = H. VIII-63 on 16 Oct 1787 (sweep 768). He recorded "A small cl of stars, the stars pretty large but not many of them."  Caroline's reduction was off the west side of the cluster, though Auwers' 1862 reduction falls closer to the center.  John Herschel observed the cluster twice (first on 16 Dec 1830) and correctly equated his father's VIII-63 with h2154 in the Slough Catalogue in 1833.  But he made an error in  compiling the GC in 1863 and created two entries for the cluster with H. VIII-63 = GC 4771 placed ~18' too far south.  Dreyer repeated this error in the position of NGC 7234. 

 

Because of the poor NGC position, Reinmuth looked in the wrong place and concluded "no distinct cluster" (repeated by Dorothy Carlson and the RNGC).  But NGC 7234 = NGC 7235, with discovery credit to William Herschel.

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NGC 7235 = NGC 7234 = Cr 447 = Lund 1008 = OCL-229

22 12 25.0 +57 16 16; Cep

V = 7.7;  Size 4'

 

18" (8/17/04): at 225x, nearly three dozen stars are resolved in a 4'x3' group, slightly extended E-W.  The brightest mag 9 star is at the east end.  A rich stream of faint stars over haze is the north side and angling WSW towards a mag 10.5 star on the west end.

 

17.5" (11/2/91): two dozen stars mag 9-15 in a 4' diameter at 220x.  This moderately concentrated group is elongated WNW-ESE and includes several fairly bright stars.  A mag 9 star is at the east end and there are eight other mag 10-11 stars.  Just west of the mag 9 star is a 1.5' circular hole with no stars.  A mag 10 star at the extreme west edge has 6 faint stars mag 13/14 close following.

 

A compact group of faint stars 13' S appears as a small, partially resolved nebulous glow at 100x.  At 220x, 7 stars are resolved from mag 14-15.5 within a 1.5' diameter.  I had taken this as NGC 7234 but Corwin's re-reduced position from William Herschel indicates that NGC 7234 is identical to NGC 7235.

 

John Herschel observed NGC 7235 = h2154 on 16 Dec 1830 and recorded "a * 10m, the chief of a p compact cluster of 15 or 20 stars 10...17m.  One, 11m, is of a ruby colour."  His mean position (measured on two sweeps) is accurate.  He correctly equated the cluster with his father's H. VIII-63 (= NGC 7234) in the Slough Catalogue, but later assigned two numbers in the GC with an inccorect position for his father's discovery.  Dreyer followed the GC in compiling the NGC, so the position of NGC 7234 is ~18' too far south.  So, NGC 7235 = NGC 7234, with discovery credit to William.

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NGC 7236 = Arp 169 NED1 = UGC 11958a = MCG +02-56-023 = CGCG 428-058 = 3C 442 = II Zw 172 NED1 = WBL 678-005 = PGC 68384

22 14 45.0 +13 50 48; Peg

V = 13.6;  Size 0.7'x0.7';  Surf Br = 12.6

 

24" (9/27/14): first and brightest in a linear trio (Arp 169) with a total length of only 1.2'.  At 375x, NGC 7236 appeared fairly faint, very small, round, compact, high surface brightness, 18" diameter.  Forms a very close pair with NGC 7237 just 35" SE.  A trio of mag 14 star is to the N and NE and a mag 10 star is 2.7' SW.

 

NGC 7236 is the brightest member of the poor cluster WBL 678 with CGCG 428-057 5.5' SW ("faint, very small (core), round, 12" diameter"), UGC 11953 13' WSW ("faint, very thin streak, 30"x6", even surface brightness"), CGCG 428-049 15' WSW ("very faint, very elongated 7:2 NNW-SSE, 27"x8", even surface brightness") and CGCG 428-054 ("faint, very small, roundish, 20" diameter, brighter center is slightly elongated") 8.5' NW.

 

17.5" (8/20/88): first and brightest of three with NGC 7237 35" SE of center and LEDA 200377 1.2' SE, all equally spaced on a NW-SE line.  Appears faint, very small, round, small bright core, in a common halo with NGC 7237.  Located 2.7' NE of a mag 10 star.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7236 = m 468, along with NGC 7237, on 25 Aug 1864 and noted "vF, S, stellar."

 

UGC 11958 is identified as a triple system that includes NGC 7236, NGC 7237 and LEDA 200377.  The CGCG also classifies 428-058 as a triple system though fails to associate it with either NGC 7236 or 7237.  The original PGC position for PGC 68384 = NGC 7236 is in error and lands on LEDA 200377 = NGC 7237C (40" southeast of NGC 7237).  As a result the two PGC designations, 68383 and 68384, are out of RA order.

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NGC 7237 = Arp 169 NED2 = UGC 11958 NED2 = MCG +02-56-024 = CGCG 428-058 NED2 = 3C 442 = II Zw 172 NED2 = PGC 68383

22 14 46.9 +13 50 27; Peg

V = 13.5;  Size 1.2'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 143°

 

24" (9/27/14): At 375x; faint, very small, round, fairly low even surface brightness, 18" diameter.  NGC 7237 is the middle of three collinear galaxies (and second brightest) in the compact Arp 169 triplet.  Sightly brighter NGC 7236 is 0.6' NW and very compact LEDA 200377 just 0.6' SE ("very faint, extremely small, round, only ~5" diameter.").  This triplet is very similar to Arp 170, which is also in Pegasus.

 

17.5" (8/20/88): fainter member of a double system with NGC 7236 35" NW of center.  Very faint, extremely small, round.  In a common halo with NGC 7236.  NGC 7237C, an extremely faint anonymous galaxy, is also just 38" SE!  This galaxy appeared extremely faint and small, round, at visual threshold.  Located 2.8' NE of a mag 10 star.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7237 = m 469, along with NGC 7236, on 25 Aug 1864 and noted "vF, S, stellar."  Dreyer questioned if this object was possibly only a faint star while an assistant at Birr Castle on 29 Oct 1877.  See NGC 7236 for comments on the identifications.

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NGC 7238

22 15 18 +22 30; Peg

 

= Not found, Corwin and RNGC.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7238 = Sw. 4-82 on 1 Sep 1886 and recorded "pF; S; R; mbM; 4 sts in form of a square nr p."  His position is 7' following a mag 6.6 star (which likely Swift would have mentioned) and there is no nearby non-stellar object.  Bigourdan was unable to recover NGC 7238 and Harold Corwin was unable to find a candidate.  RNGC classifies the number as nonexistent.  See Corwin's notes.

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NGC 7239 = PGC 68388

22 15 01.3 -05 03 12; Aqr

V = 14.0;  Size 1.1'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 75°

 

17.5" (8/10/91): very faint, very small, round, bright core.  Three star mag 14-15 stars on a line are close south including a mag 14 star 1.4' S and a faint mag 15 star 2.2' S.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7239 = m 470 on 1 Oct 1864 and noted "eF, vS."  There is nothing at his position but 1 minute of RA west is PGC 68388.  A single digit error in time would account for the discrepancy.

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NGC 7240 = MCG +06-48-024 = CGCG 513-022 = CGCG 514-002 = WBL 679-003 = PGC 68415

22 15 22.5 +37 16 50; Lac

V = 14.2;  Size 0.7'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.4

 

17.5" (7/28/92 and 7/15/93): faint, very small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, weak concentration.  Situated between a mag 11 star 3.0' NW and three mag 13 stars about 3' SE.  Fourth in the compact NGC 7242 group.  Forms a tight trio with IC 1441 1.4' NNW and IC 5192 1.7' WSW.  Also nearby are NGC 7242 3.5' ENE and IC 5191 4.1' WNW.  The observed elongation is probably due to superimposed mag 16 star on the southeast side.

 

13.1" (9/3/83): very faint, very small, near visual threshold.  Located 3.5' W of NGC 7242 in a compact group.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7240 = St. 5-6 on either 16 or 24 Sep 1873 and recorded "eF, eS, in contact in the north with a very small star."  His position matches CGCG 513-022 = PGC 68415.  At the same time he found NGC 7242 and assumed it was new, though Auguste Voigt had discovered it earlier in 1865 also at the Marseilles Observatory.  I think it's likely Stephan was looking for NGC 7242, already aware of Voigt's earlier discovery.

 

MCG fails to label this galaxy as NGC 7240.  RNGC and Dorothy Carlson (in her 1940 list of NGC correction) incorrectly equate NGC 7240 with IC 1441, which is a separate galaxy 1' NNW.  Mentioned in Malcolm Thomson's unpublished "Catalogue Corrections".

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NGC 7241 = UGC 11968 = MCG +03-56-020 = CGCG 451-024 = II Zw 174 = PGC 68442

22 15 49.9 +19 13 56; Peg

V = 12.6;  Size 3.4'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.8;  PA = 20°

 

17.5" (9/2/89): moderately bright, fairly large, very elongated or edge-on SSW-NNE.  Asymmetric appearance as the galaxy appears brighter on the SSW end and very faint at the NNE end.  A mag 11.5 star is just following the south end 0.8' from center and a mag 13 star is at the NW end.  A mag 10 star lies 3.4' SW.

 

UGC 11964, an extremely thin and faint edge-on (1.9'x0.15'), lies 5' W.  It was just glimpsed at 262x and 285x and was too faint to see its needle-like shape clearly, though occasionally was glimpsed as a streak, perhaps 20"x6".

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7241 = St. 4-10 on 28 Aug 1872 and measured an initial position 2.5' NE of center. His published position, measured on 3 Sep and given in his 4th discovery list (#10), was 16 seconds of RA too large.  His description reads "Faint, irregular, Elongated N-S (1' x 0.3'). Mag 10 star in contact to the south."  Bigourdan measured an accurate position in 1887, which Dreyer published in the IC 2 Notes.  Emmanuel Esmiol's re-reduced position (published in 1916) corrected Stephan's error. 

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NGC 7242 = UGC 11969 = MCG +06-48-025 = CGCG 513-023 = CGCG 514-003 = Holm 789a = WBL 679-004 = PGC 68434

22 15 39.4 +37 17 56; Lac

V = 12.9;  Size 2.1'x1.4';  Surf Br = 13.8;  PA = 33°

 

24" (8/13/15): brightest in a group of 8 galaxies.  At 375x appeared fairly bright, moderately large, oval 3:2 SW-NE, ~0.9'x0.6', large bright core ~30" diameter.

 

17.5" (7/15/93): brightest in a group of 7 galaxies.  Fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, bright core.  A mag 13.5 star is at the south edge of halo 40" S of center.  Two mag 14 stars are 1.1' WSW and 1.5' ENE from the center.  IC 5195, an extremely faint stellar companion, is superimposed at the northeast tip.  It appeared like a mag 16 "star" and was visible less than one-quarter of the time.  Nearby are NGC 7240 3.5' WSW, IC 1441 4.0' W, IC 5193 3.5' SSE, IC 5192 5.3' WSW and IC 5191 7' W.  See their entries for notes.

 

17.5" (7/28/92): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 2:1 SW-NE.  A mag 13 star is off the SE side of nucleus.  A group of 10 faint stars to the east appears like a faint open cluster.  Brightest of four galaxies in tight group including NGC 7240 3.5' WSW, IC 1441 4' W, IC 5191 7' W. 

 

13.1" (9/3/83): brightest in a group.  Faint, moderately large, slightly elongated, NGC 7240 3.5' W, IC 5191 7' W.  Located 30' S of a mag 4 star.

 

Auguste Voigt discovered NGC 7242 = Voigt 10 = St. 5-7 on 18 Jul 1865 with the 31-inch silver-on-glass reflector at Marseilles.  His unpublished notebook position is on the NE end of the halo.  He apparently missed the fainter members of the group, including NGC 7240.  Édouard Stephan observed the galaxy on 16 Sep 1873 (perhaps aware of it from Voigt's logbook) and measured an accurate position with description, "F; vS; diffuse; slbM; a faint star projecting." At the same time Stephan discovered fainter NGC 7240.  Stephan received discovery credit in the NGC.  The RNGC photographic description "ALMSTEL" is incorrect.

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NGC 7243 = Cr 448 = Mel 240 = Lund 1009

22 15 08 +49 53 54; Lac

V = 6.4;  Size 21'

 

17.5" (10/12/85): at 83x, 150-200 stars are visible in a 20' field.  This is a striking cluster at low power and includes a number of fairly bright stars.  On the east side is the nice pair STF 2890 = 9.3/9.6 at 9".  The cluster is irregularly distributed into subgroups.

 

13.1" (9/22/84): about 80 stars resolved, rich, fairly large, excellent low power field, includes double star STF 2890.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7243 = H. VIII-75 = h2155 on 26 Sep 1788 (sweep 863) and recorded "an extended cluster of coarsely scattered vL stars, in the direction of the parallel nearly; about 16' long."  John Herschel made the single observation "a double star in a very loose straggling cl, which more than fills the field."

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NGC 7244 = MCG +03-56-021 = CGCG 451-025 = Mrk 303 = PGC 68468

22 16 26.8 +16 28 17; Peg

V = 13.8;  Size 0.7'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.0

 

17.5" (8/20/88): faint, small, round, weak concentration.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7244 = St. 4-11 on 28 Aug 1872 and measured an initial position 2' too far NE.  His published position in discovery list 4 #11, was measured on 6 Sep and quite accurate.

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NGC 7245 = Cr 449 = Mel 241 = Lund 1010

22 15 16 +54 20 12; Lac

V = 9.2;  Size 5'

 

18" (8/27/05): small, rich group at 323x with at least three dozen stars resolved within the borders of an isosceles triangle (long sides ~4') formed by a mag 8.9 star (HD 235771) at the NE corner and two mag 10.7/10.9 stars on the west and south sides.  Contains a rich, 1' ball of stars that follows the brighter star on the west side.

 

King 9 is close northeast.  At 323x, this rich, distant cluster appeared as a very small, faint knot of stars is just south of a mag 13.5-14 stars.  Perhaps a half-dozen stars were resolved, though these may be superimposed field stars as the brightest cluster members are ~16.5.

 

17.5" (8/5/94): about two dozen stars in a 2.5' diameter bordered by a mag 11 star on the west edge, a mag 10 star on the SSE edge and a mag 9 star (SAO 34240) off the NE side.  A small 1' diameter core is richer.  A large dust lane appears to cut through the 20' field SW-NE and passes the east side of cluster.  At low power other dark patches are evident.  Open cluster IC 1442 is in the low power field 20' SE.

 

13.1" (9/9/83): about 20 fainter stars mostly in a string.  Other rich enhancements are near in this Milky Way field. 

 

8": 15 faint stars elongated N-S with a double star at the north edge.  Includes three brighter stars mag 8-10 around the edges but the rest of the stars are mag 13 or fainter.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7245 = H. VI-29 = h2157 on 14 Oct 1787 (sweep 765) and noted "a compressed cluster of extremely small stars."  John Herschel made the single observation "a Milky Way cluster.  Stars 14...15m.  It is more crowded than the Milky Way, so as to run up to a condensed but faint mass of light."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7246 = IC 5198 = MCG -03-56-014 = PGC 68512 = LEDA 191849

22 17 42.7 -15 34 17; Aqr

V = 12.8;  Size 1.6'x0.8';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 162°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, weak concentration, faint stellar nucleus.  A mag 12.5 star is involved at the north end 1.0' NNE of center.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7246 = H. III-932 = h2156 on 6 Sep 1793 (sweep 1050) and recorded "eF, S, lE.  Just south of a small star, to which it seemed almost to be attached, but is free from it.  The star is the first of 3 making a small triangle.  His position and description is a perfect match with

MCG -03-56-014 = PGC 68512.  John Herschel logged "vF; R; very gradually brighter middle; has a * 13m south, at a dist from edge = 1 diam by diagram."

 

Malcolm Thomson found that Bigourdan's IC 5198 is a duplicate of NGC 7246.  Bigourdan made positional errors in declination with his offset stars.  Once the correct stars are identified, his offsets point to NGC 7246.  See Harold Corwin's identification notes on IC 5198.

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NGC 7247 = ESO 533-008 = MCG -04-52-032 = PGC 68511 = LEDA 191844 = LEDA 191845

22 17 41.2 -23 43 52; Aqr

V = 12.6;  Size 1.4'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 2°

 

17.5" (7/2/89): fairly faint, slightly elongated N-S, weak concentration.  A pretty double star h5324 = 9.1/10.5 at 10" is 2.5' NW!

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7247 = LM 1-248 in 1886 and recorded "pF, vS, R, B double star p 13 seconds, F double star follows 5 seconds."  His rough position (nearest min of RA) as 27 seconds too large, with the bright double star h5324 to the NW by 2.6' and an extremely faint double that follows by 5 seconds.  Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1898-99 as well as Jermain Porter in 1906 at the Cincinnati Observatory.

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NGC 7248 = UGC 11972 = MCG +07-45-022 = CGCG 530-019 = LGG 456-002 = PGC 68485

22 16 52.6 +40 30 16; Lac

V = 12.6;  Size 1.7'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 133°

 

24" (9/2/16): at 375x; fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 5:2 NW-SE, 1.25'x0.5'.  Strong concentration with a very bright slightly elongated core that increases to the center.   The outer extensions have a low surface brightness.  Sitated in a rich star field between two doubles; a 12" pair is 2' E and a 8" pair is 2.7' W.  NGC 7250 is 17' ENE.

 

24" (8/7/13): at 375x appeared fairly bright, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 0.9'x0.5', sharply concentrated with a bright oval core that increases to the center and a moderately large halo.  A 12" pair of mag 13.5-14 stars lies 2' E, a 7" pair of mag 12-12.5 stars is 2.7' W, and finally a 10" pair of mag 14 stars lies 3' WNW.  Not surprisingly, this galaxy is located in a Milky Way field. NGC 7250 is 17' ENE.

 

13.1" (8/54/84): fairly faint, small, very elongated 5:2 NW-SE, small bright nucleus.  Two faint double stars are near including a mag 13/14 pair at 12" located 2' E.  NGC 7250 lies 17' ENE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7248 = H. III-863, along with NGC 7250, on 8 Nov 1790 (sweep 977) and recorded "vF; vS; mbM."  His position (Caroline's reduction) is off by 7 seconds of RA east and 1' north.

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NGC 7249 = ESO 190-001 = PGC 68606

22 20 31.0 -55 07 29; Gru

V = 13.4;  Size 1.1'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 136°

 

25" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 318x; fairly faint, fairly small, round, 0.4' diameter, weak concentration.

 

Forms a pair with LEDA 95403, just 2.5' NE.  The companion was logged as very faint, small, 15" diameter. A mag 15.5-15.8 star is 0.4' NE.  These are the two brightest members of the southern cluster AGC 3869.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7249 = h3933 on 4 Oct 1834 and recorded "eeF; R; rather a doubtful object." Despite his doubts, his position is within 1' of ESO 190-001 = PGC 68606, the brightest member of AGC 3869.

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NGC 7250 = UGC 11980 = MCG +07-45-024 = CGCG 530-022 = Mrk 907 = PGC 68535

22 18 17.8 +40 33 45; Lac

V = 12.6;  Size 1.7'x0.8';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 157°

 

24" (9/2/16): at 200x; this disrupted galaxy or interacting pair appeared moderately bright, elongated 5:2 N-S, 0.7'x0.3', bright core.  A small, very faint knot or extension (HII complex) is at the north end. A mag 10.9 star is 0.9' SE of center.  At 375x; the "knot" attached on the west side of north end of the galaxy extends ~20"x10" NNW-SSE (slightly different PA than the main galaxy), increasing the total size of the merged glow to nearly 1.0'x0.3'.  NGC 7248 is 17' WSW.

 

24" (8/7/13): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 5:2 N-S, 0.75'x0.3', sharply concentrated with a very small brighter nucleus.  A mag 11 star is just off the SSE edge.  The structure at the north end was masked by Type-Ia supernova 2013dy at mag 13-13.5, which was discovered on July 10th, a couple of weeks before maximum.  The supernova was 2" W and 25" N of the nucleus of NGC 7250.

 

18" (10/19/06): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated NNW-SSE, 0.6'x0.2', very small bright core.  A mag 11 star is just off the SSE end.  The galaxy fades at the tips, so the full extent was difficult to determine but appears to extend to 1.0'x0.25'.  A very faint knot (PGC 214816) is occasionally visible at the NNW end.  This nearly stellar "knot" is often noted as an interacting companion, though it's likely a bright HII complex in the galaxy.  NGC 7250 is classified as a starburst galaxy.

 

13.1" (8/25/84): fairly faint, very elongated streak NNW-SSE, small bright core.  A mag 11 star is off the SSE tip 0.9' from center.  Pair with NGC 7248 17' WSW.  This galaxy may be an interacting double system but it was not resolved.

 

HyperLeda catalogues the knot at the north end as a galaxy (PGC 214816), but the HST image clearly shows it's a massive star-forming complex.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7250 = H. III-864, along with NGC 7248, on 8 Nov 1790 (sweep 977) and recorded "vF; S; mE; 300 showed it very plainly.  The extension from about 75° np to sf; bM."  His position is 12 seconds of RA too large (typical error).

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NGC 7251 = MCG -03-57-002 = LGG 458-005 = PGC 68604

22 20 27.2 -15 46 21; Aqr

V = 12.6;  Size 1.9'x1.7';  Surf Br = 13.7;  PA = 0°

 

24" (9/29/16): at 225x; fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, round, 45" diameter, broad concentration except for a very small brighter nucleus with direct vision.  MCG -03-57-001, 11' SSW of NGC 7251, appeared faint to fairly faint, elongated 2:1 ~E-W, 0.8'x0.4', weak concentration with no noticeable core or nucleus.

 

17.5" (9/15/90): faint, small, round, broad concentration.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7251 = H. III-933 = h2158 on 6 Sep 1793 (sweep 1050) and recorded "vF, S, R, bM."  John Herschel made three observations.  On 27 Jul 1830, he logged "pF; lE; gradually pretty much brighter middle; 20"." and measured an accurate position.

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NGC 7252 = Arp 226 = ESO 533-15 = MCG -04-52-036 = LGG 457-007 = PGC 68612 = Atoms for Peace Galaxy

22 20 44.8 -24 40 43; Aqr

V = 12.1;  Size 1.9'x1.6';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 118°

 

13.1" (9/9/83): fairly faint, very small, round, compact, weak concentration.  Located 40' WNW of 49 Aquarii (V = 5.5).

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7252 = H. III-458 = h3934 on 26 Oct 1785 (sweep 465) and recorded "vF, S, er.  240 confirmed it with difficulty."  His position is at the north edge of the galaxy.  John Herschel made the single observation "Not vF; S; R: bM; 30"."

 

The nickname "Atoms for Peace" galaxy originated with a 1953 speech by Eisenhower launching the "Atoms for Peace" program.  The subsequent 1955 conference in Geneva used a logo consisting of an atomic nucleus surrounded by loops representing orbiting electrons.

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NGC 7253 = Arp 278 = VV 242A/B = UGC 11984 = MCG +05-52-010 = Holm 790A/B = Kara 72 566A/B = LEDA 3168458 = PGC 68572 = PGC 68573

22 19 28.6 +29 23 32; Peg

V = 13.2;  Size 2.1'x1.4'

 

24" (7/24/14): NGC 7253 = Arp 278, a disrupted, interacting double system, was observed at 260x.  NGC 7253A, the northwest component, appeared fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 5:2 WNW-ESE, ~50"x20".  A mag 12.5 star is 1.3' WNW, collinear with the major axis.  A 7" pair of mag 15 stars is barely off the ESE end.  NGC 7253B is attached at the east-southeast end of NGC 7253A, very close to the faint double, and appears very faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, 30"x15".  A mag 13.3 star is 0.7' E.  Situated in a rich star field.

 

17.5" (9/2/89): NGC 7253A was very faint, small, elongated WNW-ESE.  Forms a double system (Arp 278) with NGC 7253B = VV 242b attached at the east end with a separation of 55" between center.  The companion was extremely faint, small, elongated SW-NE.  A pair of mag 15 stars is at the east edge.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7253 = m 471 on 9 Sep 1863 and noted "vF, pE."  His position is accurate though apparently he did not resolved this close pair.

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NGC 7254 = NGC 7256 = ESO 602-013 = MCG -04-52-042 = PGC 68686

22 22 36.2 -21 44 14; Aqr

V = 13.1;  Size 1.4'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 122°

 

See observing notes for NGC 7256.

 

Frank Muller found NGC 7254 = LM 2-467 in 1886 and recorded "mag 13.0, 0.4' dia, R, *11 at 4.5' separation in PA 280° [WNW].  His rough position (nearest min of RA) is 0.6 minutes west of NGC 7256 (discovered by Marth on 27 Sep 1864, though placed 10' too far south).  Furthermore, a mag 13 star is  4.7' west, matching his description.  Herbert Howe was the first to equate the two numbers when he observed the field in 1897-98 and found only a single galaxy.

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NGC 7255 = MCG -03-57-006 = PGC 68721

22 23 08.0 -15 32 29; Aqr

V = 14.2;  Size 1.3'x0.4';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 130°

 

17.5" (7/27/95): very faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 WNW-ESE, 1.0'x0.4', even surface brightness.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7255 = LM 1-249 on 1 Oct 1886 and recorded "mag 16.0, 2.5'x0.5', vE 30°, suddenly brighter in the middle to a nucleus."  His rough position (nearest minute of RA) is 1.2 minutes west of MCG -03-57-006 = PGC 68721.  His size estimate is too large and the position angle is in the wrong quadrant, but Corwin verified this identification using Leavenworth's sketch.  Bigourdan could not locate this object.

 

The RNGC classifies NGC 7255 as nonexistent and the galaxy was not plotted on the first edition of the Uranometria 2000.0 atlas.

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NGC 7256 = NGC 7254 = ESO 602-013 = MCG -04-52-042 = PGC 68686

22 22 36.2 -21 44 14; Aqr

V = 13.1;  Size 1.4'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 122°

 

17.5" (7/2/89): faint, fairly small, elongated WNW-ESE.  A mag 15 star is involved at the NE end.  Located 16' SE of mag 41 Aquarii (5.6/6.7 pair at 5").

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7256 = m 472 on 27 Sep 1864 and noted " 3 stars involved in F nebulosity."  There is nothing at his position by 10' north is ESO 602-013.  There are only two stars involved, though a third "star" is probably the nucleus.  Frank Muller found the galaxy again in 1886 at the Leander McCormick observatory and reported it in the Leander McCormick Observatory's second list, #467 (later NGC 7254).

 

In 1898 Herbert Howe reported "These are identical.  The place of NGC 7254 is wrong in right ascension, and the place of 7256 is 10' wrong in declination.  I could find only one nebular object in this vicinity.  Two of the three stars involved, and mentioned by Marth were seen; the third was suspected.  The northernmost one was brightest and was of mag 14."

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NGC 7257 = NGC 7260 = MCG -01-57-003 = PGC 68691

22 22 36.4 -04 07 15; Aqr

 

See observing notes for NGC 7260.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7257 = m 473, along with NGC 7266, on 1 Oct 1864 and noted "F, vS, lE."  There is nothing at his position but 24 seconds of RA east and 5.5' south is NGC 7260.  The same offset identifies NGC 7266 with PGC 68758.  Stephan independently found this galaxy again on 19 Sep 1876 (perhaps looking for Marth's object) and placed it accurately.  So, NGC 7257 = NGC 7260, with discovery priority to Marth.  Lewis Swift found this galaxy again on 1 Sep 1886 and reported it as new in his 4th discovery list (#83), but he retracted the discovery claim in an addendum to his 6th paper.

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NGC 7258 = ESO 467-049 = MCG -05-52-068 = PGC 68710

22 22 58.1 -28 20 43; PsA

V = 13.1;  Size 1.4'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 141°

 

17.5" (8/27/92): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, weak concentration.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7258 = h3935 on 30 Jul 1834 and recorded "vF; S; R or E, as if it had a feeble neb south preceding; gradually little brighter middle; 15"."  His position is good.

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NGC 7259 = ESO 467-050 = MCG -05-52-069 = AM 2220-291 = PGC 68718

22 23 05.5 -28 57 17; PsA

V = 13.1;  Size 1.1'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 49°

 

18" (10/25/08): faint, fairly small, round, diffuse, 40"x30", diffuse with only a weak concentration.  ESO 467-051, an ultra-thin edge-on companion 3' SE, was not seen.

 

17.5" (10/30/99): very faint, moderately large, elongated 4:3 SW-NE, ~1.2'x0.9', weak concentration.  The nearby edge-on ESO 467-051 was not seen.

 

17.5" (8/27/92): faint, fairly small, round, 50" diameter, low even surface brightness.  Collinear with two mag 12 stars 3.3' NE and 6.4' NE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7259 = h3936 on 28 Sep 1834 and recorded "eF; pL; R; very gradually little brighter middle; 40"."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7260 = NGC 7257 = MCG -01-57-003 = PGC 68691

22 22 36.4 -04 07 15; Aqr

V = 12.9;  Size 2.0'x1.4';  Surf Br = 13.9;  PA = 155°

 

17.5" (10/5/91): fairly faint, fairly small round halo although it noticeably increases in size with averted vision.  Weak broad concentration, edges fade into background.

 

Édouard Stephan found NGC 7260 = St. 8a-13 = Sw. 4-83 on 19 Sep 1876.  Albert Marth first discovered this galaxy on 1 Oct 1864, but his position for m 473 (later NGC 7257) was poor (see that number).  Perhaps Stephan was searching for Marth's object. In any case, NGC 7260 = NGC 7257.

 

Lewis Swift also found this galaxy on 1 Sep 1886 and reported it as new in his 4th list (#83).  His description "vF; pL; R; 4 stars near sf point to it" clinches this identification.  He later noted the equivalence with GC 6040 (later NGC 7260) in the errata comments to his 6th discovery list.

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NGC 7261 = Cr 450 = Lund 1013 = OCL-237

22 20 12 +58 05; Cep

V = 8.4;  Size 6'

 

18" (8/17/04): at 225x, ~30 stars are resolved in an 7'x3.5' group, elongated N-S.  A couple of scattered groups of stars are to the south, but are apparently detached.  7 stars on the south side form the outline of a perfect rectangle with the eastern vertex the brightest star in the cluster (mag 9.5 SAO 34332).  There are no stars within the interior of this rectangle.  The richest group of stars is just north of the rectangle.

 

17.5" (10/5/91): about 30 stars in a 7'x3' region elongated N-S.  Set over a background of some unresolved haze on the north side of cluster.  Includes six brighter stars with a mag 9 star on the SE side.  Fairly rich in faint stars on the north side although not rich in other sections.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7261 = h2159 on 5 Oct 1829 and recorded "The chief star of a coarse p rich cluster which fills the field.  Stars 10...15m."  His position matches mag 9.6 HD 239927.

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NGC 7262 = ESO 405-017 = PGC 68737

22 23 28.5 -32 21 52; PsA

V = 13.8;  Size 0.7'x0.7';  Surf Br = 12.8

 

17.5" (7/20/96): very faint, small, roundish, 35" diameter, low even surface brightness.  Forms a near equilateral triangle with two mag 13 stars ~4' NE and 4' SE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7262 = h3937 on 27 Sep 1834 and recorded "eF; S; R; little brighter in the middle."  His position is fairly accurate.

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NGC 7263 = MCG +06-49-004 = CGCG 514-012 = PGC 68642

22 21 45.2 +36 21 00; Lac

V = 14.5;  Size 0.7'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 60°

 

24" (9/14/12): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated SW-NE, slightly brighter core, 0.4'x0.3'.  A mag 14.4 star is attached at the northeast end [13" from the center].  Located 6' WSW of NGC 7264 and 12' NW of NGC 7265.

 

17.5" (8/12/88): faint, very small, round.  A mag 15 star is at the NE end.  In a group with NGC 7264 6.1' ENE and NGC 7265 12.0' SE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7263 = m 474 on 9 Sep 1863 and noted "F, S, R."  His position is accurate.  Marth discovered NGC 7264 just a week later, so he must have revisited the field.

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NGC 7264 = UGC 12001 = MCG +06-49-005 = CGCG 514-014 = PGC 68658

22 22 13.8 +36 23 13; Lac

V = 13.8;  Size 2.2'x0.3';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 57°

 

24" (9/14/12): fairly faint but excellent thin edge-on 6:1 SW-NE, ~1.2'x0.2', slightly brighter core, very thin extensions.  Two mag 11.6/13.3 stars parallel the galaxy off the north side.  NGC 7263 is 6.1' WSW and NGC 7265 (brightest in a small quartet) is 11' SSE.

 

17.5" (8/12/88): faint, fairly small, very elongated SW-NE.  A wide double star mag 12/13 at 34" separation is less than 1' N.  Pair with NGC 7263 6.1' WSW.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7264 = m 475 on 17 Sep 1863 and noted "vF, pS, mE."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7265 = UGC 12004 = MCG +06-49-006 = CGCG 514-015 = PGC 68668

22 22 27.5 +36 12 35; Lac

V = 12.2;  Size 2.4'x1.9';  Surf Br = 13.7;  PA = 170°

 

24" (9/14/12): at 325x, fairly bright, moderately large, slightly elongated N-S, 1.2'x1.0', well concentrated with a small bright core.  A mag 12 star lies 1.4' SSE, a mag 12.5 star 1.5' SE (12" pair), a mag 12 star is 2.4' ESE and a mag 10 star is 3' ESE.

 

NGC 7265 is the brightest in a group of at least 9 galaxies (several likely in the foreground or background), which were all viewed (USGC U813).  In the eyepiece, it's part of a small quartet with UGC 12007 2.8' ESE (attached to the mag 10 star), PGC 214824 2.5' NW and PGC 214825 3.0' NE.  NGC 7273, 7274 and 7276 are roughly 20' ESE and NGC 7263 and 7264 lie ~12' NNW.  In addition, PGC 2075294 is 11' ESE and UGC 12013 is 12' SE.

 

UGC 12007 is faint to fairly faint, moderately large, roundish, roughly 45" diameter.  The view hampered by a mag 10 star superimposed just NE of center.  In addition a mag 12 star is just off the NW side, though the halo has a very low surface brightness and fades into the glare from the stars.  Contains a very small weakly brighter core just SW of the mag 10 star.

 

PGC 214824 is faint, small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 15"x10".  A mag 14 star is attached at the north edge and the faint glow extends just south.  PGC 214825 is faint, small, slightly elongated E-W, 0.3'x0.2'.  Visible continuously at 325x.

 

UGC 12013 is fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 WNW-ESE, 0.6'x0.2'.  A mag 13.2 star is just east of the ESE tip.

 

17.5" (10/13/01): moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated.  Contains a bright, 30" core embedded in a fainter halo extended NNW-SSE, 1.0'x0.8'.  The core increases to a faint, stellar nucleus.  Brightest in a group and forms a pair with UGC 12007 2.8' ESE.  Located 1.3' NNW of a mag 11.5 star.

 

17.5" (8/12/88): moderately bright, fairly small, round, bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 11.5 star is 1.3' SSE.  Brightest in a group including NGC 7263, NGC 7264, NGC 7273, NGC 7274 and 7276.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7265 = St 8a-14 on 12 Sep 1876 with a follow up observation on the 19th.  Stephan's reduction is a perfect match with UGC 12004.

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NGC 7266 = MCG -01-57-006 = Mrk 910 = PGC 68758

22 23 58.9 -04 04 24; Aqr

V = 13.4;  Size 0.8'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.4;  PA = 85°

 

17.5" (8/7/91): fairly faint, fairly small, round, broad concentration, faint stellar nucleus.  Located 5.4' SW of mag 9.5 SAO 146069.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7266 = m 476 on 1 Oct 1864, along with NGC 7257 = NGC 7260, and noted "F, vS, R, alm stellar."  There is nothing at his position though this galaxy is 25 seconds of RA east and 5.7' south.  Harold Corwin notes that despite the poor positional match, the same offset helps to identify NGC 7257, found the same night.  Bigourdan measured an accurate position on 5 Nov 1887 and the correction was given in the IC 2 Notes.

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NGC 7267 = ESO 405-018 = MCG -06-49-003 = PGC 68780

22 24 21.8 -33 41 39; PsA

V = 12.2;  Size 1.6'x1.3';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 6°

 

17.5" (10/5/91): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 WNW-ESE, prominent bright core.  Located 3.6' NE of Mag 8.4 SAO 213789 (very wide triple).

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7267 = h3938 on 23 Sep 1834 and recorded "pB; R; pretty gradually brighter middle; 40"; a large triple * sp."

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NGC 7268 = ESO 467-057 = AM 2222-312 = MCG -05-53-001 = MCG -05-53-002 = PGC 68847 = PGC 68848

22 25 41.4 -31 12 02; PsA

V = 13.2;  Size 1.2'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 66°

 

24" (9/6/18): at 375x; NGC 7268 is a merged double system at 20" separation between centers, with NGC 7268 NED1, the brighter and larger component, on the west end and NGC 7268 NED1 on the east end.  Initially the combined glow appeared fairly faint, fairly small, elongated ~3:2 E-W, ~0.6'x0.4', slightly brighter nucleus.  With careful viewing, the fainter and smaller eastern member occasionally resolved as a distinct glow; faint, very small, round, 12"-15" diameter. The halos of the two components appeared merged with no gap.  NGC 7277 lies 7.2' NE.

 

17.5" (10/5/91): very faint, very small, round.  A wide double star mag 14/15 is 1' NE.  Slightly brighter of a pair with NGC 7277 7.2' ENE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7268 = h3939 on 28 Sep 1834 and recorded "vF, S, R."  He added the comment "The preceding of 2 [with NGC 7277]."  At his position (mean of two observations) is the double galaxy ESO 467-057.  His GC position, which was used in the NGC, is 1.0 minute of RA too far west.

 

The RNGC clearly misidentifies NGC 7268 (the position is 3' south of ESO 467-IG55) and NGC 7268 is plotted too far south on the first version of Uranometria 2000 Atlas.  Listed in my RNGC Corrections #5 and Corwin's notes.

 

The 2 components of this merged double system are identified as NGC 7268A (west) and NGC 7268B (east) in the SGC.

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NGC 7269 = MCG -02-57-005 = PGC 68841

22 25 46.6 -13 09 59; Aqr

V = 13.7;  Size 1.1'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 140°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): very faint, small, almost round, even surface brightness.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7269 = LM 1-250 in 1886 and recorded "eF, pS, R, gradually little brighter middle."  His rough position (nearest min of RA) is 0.9 minutes too far west and 4' south of MCG -02-57-005 = PGC 68841.  Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1897-98 with the 20" refractor at Denver.

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NGC 7270 = UGC 12019 = MCG +05-52-015 = CGCG 494-021 = WBL 680-001 = PGC 68748

22 23 47.5 +32 24 11; Peg

V = 14.0;  Size 1.0'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 90°

 

17.5" (9/2/89): fairly faint, small, oval E-W, small bright core, stellar nucleus.  Collinear with a mag 11.5 star 1.0' WNW and mag 12.5 star 2.4' WNW.  In a group (WBL 680) with NGC 7271 3.0' SE and NGC 7275 6.8' ENE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7270 = m 477, along with NGC 7271 and 7275, on 9 Sep 1863 and noted "vF, S, E."  His declination is off by 2' too far north (same offset as NGC 7275).

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NGC 7271 = MCG +05-52-016 = CGCG 494-022 = WBL 680-002 = PGC 68753

22 23 57.6 +32 22 01; Peg

V = 14.8;  Size 0.6'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 118°

 

17.5" (9/2/89): extremely faint and small, round.  A mag 14 star is 0.9' W.  Located 4' SE of NGC 7270 in a group (WBL 680).  NGC 7275 is 6.4' NE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7271 = m 478, along with NGC 7270 and 7275, on 9 Sep 1863 and noted "vF, S, vlE."  His positions are all off by 1' - 2' too far north.

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NGC 7272 = UGC 12028 = MCG +03-57-003 = CGCG 452-008 = PGC 68786

22 24 31.7 +16 35 17; Peg

V = 13.7;  Size 1.0'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 39°

 

24" (8/14/15): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated 4:3 or 5:4 SW-NE, 30"x24", small bright core.  A mag 12.5 star lies 1.3' WSW, a mag 13.6 star is the same distance NE and a mag 15.5 star is 40" NW.  Brightest in a small triplet with PGC 1511999 just 52" SSW of center and PGC 214829 1.9' NE.

 

PGC 1511999 (V = 15.4) appeared faint, very small, slightly elongated, 15"x12".  A mag 12.5 star (mentioned above) lies 1.1' NW and a double star (~10" separation) is 1.6' SE.  PGC 214829 (V = 15.6) is very faint to faint, very small, ~12"x8" E-W. A mag 13.5 star lies 50" WSW.

 

17.5" (8/20/88): very faint, small, round, even surface brightness.  Located between two mag 13 stars and a mag 15 star is 30" NW.  Neither of the faint companions were noticed.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7272 = m 479 on 7 Aug 1864 and noted "vF, S, irr R."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7273 = MCG +06-49-012 = CGCG 514-024 = WBL 681-001 = PGC 68768

22 24 09.2 +36 12 00; Lac

V = 13.7;  Size 0.8'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 8°

 

17.5" (8/12/88): faint, small, slightly elongated, small bright core.  This is the northern galaxy of three on a line with NGC 7274 4.5' S and NGC 7276 6.8' SSE.  The three galaxies form WBL 681 triplet, but these are likely part of the NGC 7265 group (USGC U813), which is 20' to the west.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7273 = St. 8a-15, along with NGC 7274 and 7276, on 12 Sep 1876 with a follow up observation a week later.  His micrometric position was accurate.

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NGC 7274 = UGC 12026 = MCG +06-49-013 = CGCG 514-026 = WBL 681-003 = PGC 68770

22 24 11.1 +36 07 33; Lac

V = 12.8;  Size 1.5'x1.5';  Surf Br = 13.7

 

17.5" (8/12/88): fairly faint, fairly small, round, bright core, stellar nucleus.  Largest and brightest of three with NGC 7273 4.5' N and NGC 7276 2.4' SSE.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7274 = St 8b-16, along with NGC 7273 and 7276, on 12 Sep 1876 with a second observation a week later.  His micrometric position was accurate.

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NGC 7275 = UGC 12025 = MCG +05-52-019 = CGCG 494-025 = PGC 68774

22 24 17.2 +32 26 47; Peg

V = 14.2;  Size 0.9'x0.2';  Surf Br = 12.3;  PA = 37°

 

17.5" (9/2/89): extremely faint, small, edge-on 4:1 SW-NE, very small brighter core.  A pretty mag 13/13 double star is 2' W.  Located 6.8' ENE of NGC 7270 in a group.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7275 = m 48, along with NGC 7270 and 7271, on 9 Sep 1863 and noted "eF, S, mE."  His declination is off by nearly 2' too far north (same offset as NGC 7270).

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NGC 7276 = MCG +06-49-014 = CGCG 514-025 = WBL 681-002 = PGC 68773

22 24 14.4 +36 05 15; Lac

V = 13.9;  Size 0.9'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.8

 

17.5" (8/12/88): faint, very small, round, faint stellar nucleus.  A mag 14 star is 26" SE of center.  This galaxy is the furthest south of three on a line with NGC 7274 2.4' N and NGC 7273 6.8' NNW.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7276 = St 8b-17, along with NGC 7273 and 7274, on 12 Sep 1876 with a follow up observation a week later.  His micrometric position was accurate.

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NGC 7277 = ESO 467-059 = MCG -05-53-004 = PGC 68861

22 26 10.9 -31 08 43; PsA

V = 13.3;  Size 1.5'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 125°

 

24" (9/6/18): at 375x; fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 5:2 NW-SE, brighter core.  The major axis is collinear with a mag 13.3 star 3.5' SE.  NGC 7268, a close double system, lies 7' WSW. The sky contrast was poor (hazy), viewing at a low elevation.

 

17.5" (10/5/91): very faint, small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE.  Pair with NGC 7268 7.2' WSW.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7277 = h3940 on 27 Sep 1834 and recorded "pF; pL; lE; gradually little brighter middle."  He later noted "[The following of 2]", when NGC 7268 was seen the following night.

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NGC 7278 = ESO 146-027 = PGC 68940

22 28 22.4 -60 10 11; Tuc

V = 14.4;  Size 0.8'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 23°

 

25" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 318x; faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, no internal details.  A mag 12 star is 1.1' SE and another is 4.7' ENE.  Located 8.2' SSW of mag 7 HD 212878 and the view was improved when I moved this star outside the field.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7278 = h3941 on 11 Aug 1836 and recorded "eeF; lE; very gradually very little brighter middle; very difficult, but a certain observation. It is north preceding the first of 3 stars 10-11m."  His position and description matches this faint galaxy.

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NGC 7279 = ESO 405-021 = MCG -06-49-005 = PGC 68896

22 27 12.6 -35 08 25; PsA

V = 13.8;  Size 1.2'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 68°

 

17.5" (7/20/96): extremely faint, round, 20".  Appears to have a nearly stellar nucleus.  A faint double lies 4.5' NW (GSC 14.2/14.9 at 23").

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7279 = h3942 on 23 Sep 1834 and recorded "vF; S; R; gradually brighter in the middle; 15" diameter."  On a later sweep he noted "vF; pL; R; very gradually very little brighter middle; 30" diameter."  His mean position is accurate.

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NGC 7280 = UGC 12035 = MCG +03-57-005 = CGCG 452-011 = PGC 68870

22 26 27.6 +16 08 53; Peg

V = 12.1;  Size 2.2'x1.5';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 78°

 

17.5" (8/20/88): moderately bright, small bright core, faint halo, stellar nucleus, slightly elongated WSW-ENE.  Two mag 12 and 13 stars are roughly 2.5' N and 2' NE and a 10" pair of mag 13.5/14 stars are 1' NNW.

 

MCG +03-57-006, located 4.7' NE, appeared extremely faint, very small, round.  A mag 14 star is off the NE edge.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7280 = H. II-248 = h2160 on 15 Oct 1784 (sweep 290) and recorded "F, pS, makes a small quartile with 3 small stars.  The north and preceding whereof is double."  He made a second observation the next night (sweep 294) and logged "vF, S.  The south and preceding corner of a small quartile of very small stars. (See 290 sweep)."  John Herschel made two observations and measured an accurate RA.

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NGC 7281 = Lund 1015 = OCL-238

22 25 12 +57 49; Cep

Size 12'

 

17.5" (8/10/91): about 20 stars in a 4' diameter.  A string of three mag 9-9.5 stars is on the north side aligned E-W (separation 1' between pairs) and a pair of mag 12 stars just east aligned N-S (separation 0.9').  Includes two very faint double stars.  Neither rich nor distinctive.  Located in a rich field so extent difficult to determine and outliers greatly increases diameter and total number of stars.  The classification of this group as a true cluster is doubtful.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7281 = h2161 on 5 Oct 1829 and recorded "Large, coarse, not extremely poor, the stars scattered and 10...16m."  His position is on a 10th magnitude star at the west end of the group.  Sky Catalogue 2000.0 calls it a possible asterism.  Although this field is not distinctive visually, Herschel's position and description fits.

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NGC 7282 = UGC 12034 = MCG +07-46-007 = CGCG 531-006 = PGC 68843

22 25 53.8 +40 18 53; Lac

V = 13.7;  Size 2.5'x1.0';  Surf Br = 14.6;  PA = 0°

 

17.5" (8/8/91): very faint, small, elongated 3:2 N-S, low even surface brightness.  A mag 15 star is at the NE edge [39" from center].

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7282 = St. 9-29 on 28 Sep 1869 and logged a rough unpublished position 8' too far E.  On 2 Oct 1878 he measured an accurate micrometric position with description "extremely faint and diffuse, fairly large, between 3 stars."

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NGC 7283 = MCG +03-57-012 = CGCG 452-017 = PGC 68946

22 28 32.7 +17 28 13; Peg

V = 14.4;  Size 0.9'x0.4';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 9°

 

17.5" (8/20/88): extremely faint, very small, round, weak concentration.  Located 2.7' E of a mag 10 star and 19' NNE of NGC 7290.  This galaxy is 1.0 min of RA preceding and 2' S of Marth's position, so the identification is very uncertain.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7283 = m 481 on 7 Aug 1864 and noted "vF, vS, R."  There is nothing at his position but 1 minute of RA east and 2' north is CGCG 452-017 = PGC 68946.  This is a large random error unless it was caused by a digit error in RA, so this identification is very uncertain.  Harold Corwin notes that Marth's object could also be a faint double star about 2' preceding his position.  PGC 68946 is not labeled NGC 7283 in the CGCG or MCG, but is used in the RNGC and PGC.

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NGC 7284 = Arp 93 NED1 = VV 74b = ESO 533-031 = MCG -04-53-004 = LGG 457-002 = PGC 68950

22 28 35.9 -24 50 39; Aqr

V = 12.1;  Size 2.1'x1.5';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 133°

 

48" (11/4/21): at 488x; NGC 7284 is the SW component of the double system VV 74 = Arp 93.  It appeared very bright, high surface brightness, oval 3:2 NW-SE, sharply concentrated with an extremely bright core that increased to an intense quasi-stellar nucleus.  Surrounded by a common halo involving NGC 7285 with the two nuclei 35" apart SW-NE.  The southern part of the halo consists of the merged spiral arms of the two galaxies.

 

24" (8/23/14): at 375x; bright, small, round, high surface brightness, ~0.4' diameter.  The core of NGC 7285 is cleanly resolved [33" between center], though very close northeast.  The twin nuclei are encased in a very low surface brightness halo.

 

17.5" (10/13/90): fairly faint, very small, very compact, almost round, high surface brightness, very small very bright core, stellar nucleus.  Forms a contact pair with NGC 7285 at the ENE edge with a separation of 30" between centers.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7284 = H. II-469 = h3943 on 26 Oct 1785 (sweep 465) and recorded "F, er [easily resolvable] or some of the stars visible; pS, lE." Perhaps one the "stars" was the second nucleus (NGC 7285).  From the Cape of Good Hope, John Herschel logged (sweep 474) "F; E; bM; r; binuclear pos 62.3°.  Rather an equivocal object, whether nebulous or a group, but I incline to regard it as a nebula."  On a later sweep (14 Sep 1835), he wrote "pB; irr R; 25"; involves a double star (13m + 14m)." So, he clearly resolved the two nuclei.

 

Herbert Howe reported NGC 7284 and 7285 as follows: "The description of 7284 in the NGC is "cF, cS, lE, r, D * inv." The description of 7285, discovered by Lassell [Marth], is "Nebs. * 1' dist from 7284."  I judge 7285 to be simply one of the components of 7284.  Both seem to be nebulous stars. The brighter one is of mag 12.5  The other is of mag 13, and lies at P.A. 60°, distant about 40".  Neither of the stars appeared to be double.  I could not see any nebulosity uniting them, but the sky was rather dull."

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NGC 7285 = Arp 93 NED2 = VV 74a = ESO 533-032 = MCG -04-53-005 = LGG 457-003 = PGC 68953

22 28 38.0 -24 50 27; Aqr

V = 11.9;  Size 2.3'x1.4';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 65°

 

48" (11/4/21): at 488x; NGC 7285 is the NE member of the double system VV 74 = Arp 93. It was bright, slightly elongated E-W, sharply concentrated with a bright grainy core. In a common envelope with slightly brighter NGC 7284 [center 35" SW]. Careful viewing revealed subtle spiral structure in the halo with a spiral arm on the south side (attached to the east end) and hints of an arm to the N.

 

24" (8/23/14): at 375x; fairly bright, small, elongated 3:2 E-W, 30"x20", high surface brightness.  Forms a very close pair with slightly brighter NGC 7284 [just 33" between centers].  The twin nuclei are encased in a very low surface brightness halo 

 

17.5" (10/13/90): this is the NE member of a double system with NGC 7284.  Fairly faint, very small, slightly elongated, small bright core, stellar nucleus.  Slightly fainter than NGC 7284 just 30" WSW of center. Situated very close to the Aquarius-Pisces Austrinus border.

 

William Lassell discovered NGC 7285 in Oct 1862 using his 48-inch at Malta.  For some reason it wasn't included in Marth's catalogue, although NGC 7489 and NGC 2620, also found by Lassell, were included.  Lassell mentioned the discovery in a letter to John Herschel on 1 Nov 1862 and Dreyer added it in the GC Supplement (GCS 5078).  Although both William and John Herschel reported a double nuclei or two stars involved, neither catalogued it as two numbers.

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NGC 7286 = UGC 12043 = MCG +05-53-002 = CGCG 495-002 = PGC 68922

22 27 50.5 +29 05 45; Peg

V = 12.5;  Size 1.7'x0.7';  Surf Br = 12.5;  PA = 98°

 

17.5" (9/2/89): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated WNW-ESE, weak concentration.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7286 = h2162 on 15 Sep 1828 and recorded "vF; R; 12"...15"; among stars."  His position is exactly 30 seconds of time too small (digit error).  Bigourdan measured an accurate position on 1Aug 1884.

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NGC 7287

22 27 17.0 -22 07 00; Aqr

 

18" (8/31/11): this close pair of stars (seems to be a trio of stars on the DSS) was barely resolved at 220x and initially could have easily passed for a small, nebulous object, elongated NW-SE.  The separation is just a few arc seconds.  Located 21' WSW of 7.4-magnitude HD 213005.

 

The NGC position happens to fall closer to ESO 602-020 = PGC 68960 (double system), which is identified as NGC 7287 in NED, although this galaxy is less likely to be the NGC object.  ESO 602-020 appeared very faint, small, slightly elongated, bright core.

 

Frank Muller discovered NGC 7287 = LM 2-468 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory. He described it as "mag 15.0, 0.1' dia, E 330° [NNW-SSE]" with a note "slightly nebulous **."  There are several faint galaxies near his position, but since the Leander McCormick are often 1 or 2 minutes off in time, Corwin suggests NGC 7287 may be a triple star at 22 27 17 -22 07 00 (2000).  This pair is roughly 1 min 15 sec west of Muller's position and the orientation of the stars is northwest-southeast

 

As far as nearby galaxies, just 16 seconds east and 4' south is ESO 602-020A.  Sherburne Burnham (Publ of Lick Observatory, II) found this galaxy and described it as two very faint objects about 20" apart (the following one appeared to a faint star).  Corwin feels this candidate is less likely because of the relatively large difference in declination and the wrong position angle. The RNGC misidentifies ESO 533-030 as NGC 7287.

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NGC 7288 = Mrk 912 = MCG -01-57-013 = PGC 68933

22 28 15.0 -02 53 04; Aqr

V = 13.0;  Size 2.3'x1.5';  Surf Br = 14.2;  PA = 92°

 

17.5" (8/7/91): fairly faint, small, well-defined small bright core, bright stellar nucleus, faint halo slightly elongated E-W.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7288 = m 482 = Sf. 84 on 1 Oct 1864 and noted "vF, eS, stellar." His position is an exact match with MCG -01-57-013 = PGC 68933.  Truman Safford rediscovered this galaxy on 19 Sep 1866 with the 18.5-inch Clark refractor at the Dearborn Observatory.

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NGC 7289 = ESO 405-023 = MCG -06-49-006 = PGC 68980

22 29 20.0 -35 28 15; PsA

V = 13.2;  Size 1.4'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 165°

 

17.5" (7/20/96): faint, fairly small, round, 40" diameter, brighter core.  Halo grows to 1.0' with averted vision.  Brightest in a group with an anonymous galaxy 5.2' SSE and 2.3' SW (star + galaxy?).

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7289 = h3944 on 25 Sep 1834 and recorded "vF; R: gradually little brighter middle; 20"."  His position is just off the northwest side of ESO 405-023.

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NGC 7290 = UGC 12045 = MCG +03-57-009 = PGC 68942

22 28 26.4 +17 08 51; Peg

V = 13.3;  Size 1.6'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 161°

 

17.5" (8/20/88): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated NNW-SSE, even surface brightness.  Located 7.7' SSE of ∑2908 = 7.7/9.4 at 9", a nice yellow-blue pair.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7290 = m 483 on 7 Aug 1864 and noted "pB, S, pmE." Édouard Stephan made an observation of NGC 7290, along with NGC 7291. on 15 Sep 1876.

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NGC 7291 = UGC 12047 = MCG +03-57-008 = CGCG 452-015 = PGC 68944

22 28 29.5 +16 46 59; Peg

V = 13.1;  Size 1.8'x1.7';  Surf Br = 14.2

 

17.5" (8/20/88): faint, small, almost round, small bright core.  A mag 13 star is 0.9' ENE of center.  Located 22'S of NGC 7290.

 

Truman Safford discovered NGC 7291 = Sf. 56 = St. 8a-18 on 1 Oct 1866 and recorded "pF, pS, neb middle to a nucleus."  His position is accurate.  Édouard Stephan observed the galaxy on 15 Sep 1876 (perhaps aware of Safford's discovery) and listed it as new in his discovery list 8a (#18).  Stephan was credited in the GC Supplement and NGC due to the late publication of Safford's list.  This was the case with ~20 out of 64 discoveries by Safford.

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NGC 7292 = UGC 12048 = MCG +05-53-003 = CGCG 495-003 = Kaz 290 = PGC 68941

22 28 25.8 +30 17 33; Peg

V = 12.5;  Size 2.1'x1.7';  Surf Br = 13.8

 

48" (10/29/16): at 813x; bright, fairly large, very irregular appearance.  A faint star is superimposed just south of a very small brighter nucleus or knot.  A bright "bar" extends through the nucleus WNW-ESE, (length ~50"), ending at a fairly bright knot at its WNW end.  The knot (HII complex/OB assocation?) appears ~10"x7" SW-NE.  A low surface brightness halo on the north and south side of the bar is roughly oval 3:2 and increases the overall size to ~1.5'x1.0'.  Situated in a fairly busy star field.

 

17.5" (9/2/89): fairly faint, moderately large, oval WNW-ESE, broad concentration.  A group of mag 13.5-14 stars are off the NW end including a two mag 13.5 stars 1.2' NW and 1.8' NW.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7292 = St. 4-12 on 29 Aug 1872 and measured an initial position 3' too far W.  His published position (list 4, #12) was measured a week later on 5 Sep 1872 and quite accurate.

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NGC 7293 = PK 36-57.1 = PN G036.1-57.1 = Helical Nebula = Helix Nebula

22 29 38.4 -20 50 13; Aqr

V = 7.6;  Size 970"x735"

 

18" (11/13/07): superb view at 115x and OIII filter, slightly elongated WNW-ESE, ~14'x12' including a faint extension or filament on the west side.  The bright rim is relatively thick and brightest along the north to NE side within the interior of the annulus (not at the very edge).  A star is embedded at the west edge of this large, enhanced arc (due east of the mag 10.5 star just off the NW edge).  The opposite SW rim is also enhanced in brightness and thicker.  The rim is weakest and thinnest at the WNW end, but with averted vision this end bulges out due to a faint extension or large filament (second ring) that begins just south of the western side of the rim and extends north towards the mag 10.5 at the NW edge of the halo.

 

17.5" (10/2/99): gorgeous view at 100x and OIII filter.  This huge, annular PN is 15'x12' in size and slightly elongated E-W due to an extension on the west side.  The thick annulus is mottled and irregular with brighter regions along the N, NE and SW edge.  The west side is slightly weaker but very faint extensions from the north and south side towards the west cause the rim to bulge on this side (part of a second ring).  The west edge of the halo more gradually blends into the background near a mag 11 star off the west side.  At 220x without a filter about a dozen stars are superimposed.  The mag 13.5 central star is easy along with a similar star a couple of arc minutes following.

 

13.1" (8/16/82): the "Helix" nebula is extremely large, about 15' diameter, clearly annular.  Significant contrast gain with OIII filter permits observation even from the Bay Area. The fairly bright rim is non-uniform appearing brighter along the north side.  About 7 stars are superimposed including the mag 13.5 central star.  Appears best at low power due to size and relative low surface brightness.  Easy in the 80mm finder.

 

8" (10/4/80): huge annular planetary is fairly bright at low power using a Daystar 300 filter.  The rim has an irregular surface brightness.

 

15x50 IS binoculars (8/27/11): easily visible in binoculars using a pair of narrowband filters.

 

Karl Ludwig Harding discovered NGC 7293 = Au 48 in 1823 at Gottingen University Observatory, probably using an 8.5-inch reflector built by William Herschel.  According to Wolfgang Steinicke, Harding published a list of 8 new nebulae in Astronomisches Jahrbuch, although the Helix Nebula is the only object he actually discovered, the others being observations of previously discovered nebulae.  Harding's list wasn't checked until 1857 by Winnecke and not generally known by others.  Ernesto Capocci independently discovered this huge planetary in late 1824 at Capodimonte Observatory in Naples, but his position was over a degree too far west.  In 1856, Christian Peters reported another discovery while he was at Capodimonte Observatory around 1850 (AJ 2, p16).  As late as 1884 Jermaine Porter also reported a discovery, although at that point it was already in John Herschel's General Catalogue.  NGC 7293 was apparently just the second deep sky object discovered after William Herschel last sweep #1112 on 30 Sep 1802 (a gap of 20+ years).

 

Based on a September 1912 photograph (4 hour explosure) taken with the Crossley reflector at Lick, Heber Curtis wrote "I would suggest that this interesting object be referred to as "The Helical Nebula in Aquarius" [to distinguish it from the the Helical Nebula in Draco, NGC 6543].  In 1917, Robert Innes, at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg, noted it was "seen in both the 3-inch and 9-inch telescopes.  Large, but no detail." and probably based on Curtis' comment, he referred to it as the "Helical nebula in Aquarius."  The Heix was photographed several times with the 30" reflector at the Helwan Observatory near Cairo and the 1921 bulletin reported "A recent plate shows an additional much fainter loop in the north-following portion, which extends 15' from the centre of the nebula."

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NGC 7294 = IC 5225 = ESO 533-044 = MCG -04-53-009 = AM 2229-253 = PGC 69088

22 32 08.1 -25 23 52; PsA

V = 12.5;  Size 1.9'x1.2';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 47°

 

24" (7/29/16): at 200x; fairly faint, moderately large, elongated ~3:2 SW-NE, ~60"x40", contains a brighter core that gradually increases to a small brighter nucleus.  The core itself sometimes appears noticeably elongated SW-NE. 

 

ESO 533-045 (possibly IC 5226) lies 16.6' SSE.  It was fairly faint to moderately bright, slightly elongated, 1.2'x1.0', sharply concentrated with a very small brighter nucleus, low surface brightness halo.  With careful viewing the core extended into a bar, elongated 2:1 SW-NE.

 

17.5" (10/13/90): faint, small, round, bright core.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7294 = LM 1-251 in 1886 and recorded "vF, vS, R."  His rough position (nearest min of RA) is 2 minutes of time preceding ESO 533-044.  As his declination is a fairly close match, this identification is reasonable, despite the simple description.  Lewis Swift independently discovered the galaxy on 6 Oct 1897 at age 77 and described Sw. 12-38 (later IC 5225) as "eeF; pS; R; betw 2 stars; a dozen stars in margin of field following, form semicircle, 4 st np a curve, one D, sp of 2 [should be np of 2, with IC 5226].  His position was 36 seconds of time too far west and 2' too far north, but his detailed description matches (specifically "4 st np a curve, one D[ouble]".  So NGC 7294 = IC 5225.  Herbert Howe measured an accurate position for NGC 7294 in 1898-99 that was repeated in the IC 2 Notes.

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NGC 7295

22 27 54 +52 49; Lac

 

17.5" (10/21/95): this asterism consists of ~10 stars including a mag 10 star at the east end and eight mag 12-13 star in an E-W string about 3' length.  Located 6' SW of mag 7.6 SAO 34488.  In addition, there are also several mag 15 stars surrounding the mag 10 star that are easier to view with averted vision.  Appears to be an unimpressive random grouping at both 100x and 220x.  Open cluster NGC 7296 is in the same low power field 30' S.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7295 = h2163 on 8 Nov 1831 and recorded "A Milky Way straggler, a poorish cluster of stars 12...13m."  His position corresponds with a mag 9 star accompanied by a small clump of stars close southwest.  Karl Reinmuth called this a "a few st 11...13 in a dense region."  RNGC classifies the number as nonexistent ("No cluster").  But Harold Corwin suggests that if his declination is 30' too far north, then NGC 7295 is a duplicate of NGC 7296.  As evidence, Herschel listed H. VII-41 as a synonym (with a question mark), so he was uncertain.  The object described in my notes is the asterism at his position.

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NGC 7296 = Cr 451 = Lund 1016 = OCL-228

22 28 02 +52 17 18; Lac

Size 4'

 

17.5" (10/5/91): compact group of roughly 30 stars in a 3'x2' area elongated N-S.  A mag 9 star is at the NW edge.  Most stars are arranged in a curved arc roughly N-S.  A string of four perfectly collinear stars trail from this arc to the NE.  Not particularly distinctive as located in a rich star field.  Contains about ten faint stars mag 14-14.5.  Located 40' E of Beta Lacertae (V = 4.4).

 

8" (11/8/80): 15 stars extended N-S between two mag 8 and 9 stars.  Appears faint and small with an unresolved background haze.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7296 = H. VII-41 on 14 Oct 1787 (sweep 765) and noted "a small cluster of stars, not very rich; like a forming one."  His RA was 40 seconds too large.

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NGC 7297 = ESO 345-018 = MCG -06-49-007 = PGC 69046

22 31 10.3 -37 49 35; Gru

V = 13.7;  Size 0.9'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 130°

 

17.5" (7/20/96): very faint, fairly small, irregularly round, ~40" diameter.  Located 2.7' WSW of a mag 13 star.  Pair with NGC 7299 4.6' ENE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7297 = h3945, along with NGC 7299, on 1 Sep 1834 and recorded "eF; S; R.  The preceding of 2 [with NGC 7299]."  His position is less than 1' southwest of ESO 405-023 = PGC 68980.

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NGC 7298 = MCG -02-57-010 = Mrk 1124 = LGG 458-002 = PGC 69033

22 30 50.6 -14 11 18; Aqr

V = 13.7;  Size 1.3'x1.0';  Surf Br = 14.0;  PA = 5°

 

24" (9/25/19): at 375x faint, fairly small, slightly elongated N-S, ~45" diameter, irregular halo with an indistinct shape (face-on spiral), very weak concentration.  In a group (LGG 458) with NGC 7300 12' NNE and NGC 7302 23' ENE.

 

17.5" (9/15/90): extremely faint, fairly small, very low even surface brightness, diffuse.  Forms a pair with NGC 7300 11.3' NNE.  Located 22' NNE of 56 Aquarii (V = 6.4).

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7298 = m 484 on 7 Aug 1864 and noted "vF, pL, iR."  His position is fairly accurate.

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NGC 7299 = ESO 345-019 = MCG -06-49-008 = AM 2228-380 = PGC 69060

22 31 33.1 -37 48 34; Gru

V = 13.9;  Size 0.7'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.0

 

17.5" (7/20/96): threshold object only glimpsed with concentration for moments, ~30" diameter.  No details seen.  Located 1.9' E of a mag 13 star and 4.6' ENE of slightly brighter NGC 7297.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7299 = h3946, along with NGC 7297, on 1 Sep 1834 and recorded "eF; S; R.  The following of 2 [with NGC 7297]."  His position is fairly good.

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NGC 7300 = IC 5204? = MCG -02-57-011 = LGG 458-003 = PGC 69040

22 30 59.9 -14 00 13; Aqr

V = 12.8;  Size 2.0'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 160°

 

24" (9/25/19): at 375x; moderately bright and large, very elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE, 1.2'x0.4', broad concentration with a brighter elongated core.  In a group (LGG 458) with NGC 7302 22' SE and NGC 7298 11' SSW.

 

13.1" (9/3/83): very faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, low surface brightness.  Forms a pair with NGC 7298 11.3' SSW.  NGC 7302 lies 24' ESE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7300 = h2164 on 26 Jul 1830 and recorded "F; pL; a strong suspicion; almost sure."  The next night he logged "vF; R; very gradually little brighter middle; 20"; twilight commencing."  His position is just off the south side of MCG -02-57-011 = PGC 69040.  This galaxy was found at Birr Castle on 4 Nov 1850 and described as "a vF neb, 80" long, 10" broad, light seems equable."  With a rough position JH catalogued the Rosse "nova" as GC 4799, but Dreyer realized its equivalence with h2164 and assigned only a single NGC designation.

 

Harold Corwin suggests Lewis Swift's list XI, #212 (later IC 5204) found on 8 Aug 1896, is probably a duplicate of NGC 7300 despite a very poor position.  Swift's description reads "vF; eE; a ray; p of 2 [with IC 5228 = NGC 7302].  See Corwin's identification notes.

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NGC 7301 = ESO 602-023 = VV 372 = MCG -03-57-015 = PGC 69021

22 30 34.7 -17 34 26; Aqr

V = 13.4;  Size 1.0'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.4;  PA = 1°

 

17.5" (10/13/90): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 N-S, weak concentration.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7301 = LM 1-252 in 1886 at the Leander McCormick Observatory and recorded "vF; pS; lE 0°; little brighter in the middle."  His rough position (nearest min of RA) is 1.3 min of RA too large, but his position angle (N-S) clinches this identification. Bigourdan was unable to find this galaxy.

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NGC 7302 = IC 5228 = MCG -02-57-013 = PGC 69094

22 32 23.8 -14 07 14; Aqr

V = 12.3;  Size 1.8'x1.1';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 97°

 

24" (9/25/19): at 375x; fairly bright, moderately large, oval 2:1 WNW-ESE, at least 1.0'x0.5', sharply concentrated with an intense, round core.  Mag 9.2 HD 213549 lies 3' S.

 

Forms a pair with MCG -2-57-15 5.8' ENE.  This diffuse edge-on was extremely faint, very small, 15" diameter (only the core region seen)

 

13.1" (9/3/83): faint, very small, slightly elongated E-W, small bright core.  Located 3' N of mag 9 SAO 165152.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7302 = H. IV-31 = h2165 on 3 Oct 1785 (sweep 450) and recorded "F, S, stellar, 3 or 4' north of a pB star.  The chevelure pretty large."  John Herschel made 4 observations, reporting on 26 Jul 1830, "F; pL; R; very suddenly brighter in the middle to a S, F, R nucleus; diam = 2'; has a * sf in pos 352.5° by micrometer; dist 3'."  Lewis Swift found this galaxy again on 8 Aug 1896 and reported Sw. 11-215 as "pB, pS, R; B * nr s; f of 2 [with IC 5204 = NGC 7300]."  His position was just 2' west of NGC 7302, so the equivalence NGC 7302 = IC 5228 is certain.  See IC 5204 for more.

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NGC 7303 = UGC 12065 = MCG +05-53-004 = CGCG 495-005 = PGC 69061

22 31 32.8 +30 57 22; Peg

V = 12.6;  Size 1.5'x1.2';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 125°

 

17.5" (9/2/89): fairly faint, moderately large, diffuse, almost even surface brightness, slightly elongated NW-SE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7303 = h2166 on 15 Sep 1828 and recorded "vF; R; very little brighter middle; 20"."  Harold Corwin points out that NGC 7304, discovered by d'Arrest, is not a duplicate of NGC 7303, despite being equated in the UGC and other sources.

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NGC 7304

22 31 30 +30 58; Peg

 

= Not found, Corwin and RNGC.  =NGC 7303, UGC.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7304 on 20 Aug 1862 while observing NGC 7303.  He claimed it was 137" away and his offset (+2 seconds in RA and +1.2' in dec, implies it lies northeast.  But there is nothing at this position.  On a later observation (5 Oct 1864) of NGC 7303, he searched carefully but could not find the object again.  Dreyer also searched unsuccessfully for NGC 7304 on 29 Sep 1875 at Birr Castle.  A double star is 2' southwest of NGC 7303 (opposite direction).  Perhaps d'Arrest reversed the orientation and this pair is NGC 7304.  In any case, NGC 7304 is not a duplicate of NGC 7303.

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NGC 7305 = MCG +02-57-003 = CGCG 429-007 = PGC 69091

22 32 13.9 +11 42 44; Peg

V = 13.6;  Size 0.7'x0.7'

 

24" (12/1/16): at 260x; fairly faint, fairly small, roundish, ~24" diameter, small bright core, diffuse halo.  A mag 15.7 star is 40" N of center.

 

The blazar CTA 102, located  5.6' ENE, was near the maximum of a historic outburst.  It appeared marginally brighter than a mag 12.9 star on the AAVSO chart, so perhaps mag 12.7 or 12.8.  This is 4.5 magnitudes brighter than its normal quiescent state.  At z = 1.037, the light-travel time is ~8 billion years.  This is certainly the most distant object in recorded times to be visible in a 6" scope.

 

17.5" (8/20/88): very faint, very small, round, small bright core.  A mag 15 star is 30" N.  Located between two stars mag 13.5 1.6' NW and 2.1' E.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7305 = Sw. 4-84 on 1 Sep 1886 and recorded "eF; S; R; in center of 4 F stars in form of a rhombus."  His position is fairly accurate.

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NGC 7306 = ESO 468-011 = VV 832 = AM 2230-273 = PGC 69132

22 33 16.5 -27 14 48; PsA

V = 12.7;  Size 1.7'x0.7';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 60°

 

17.5" (10/13/90): fairly faint, fairly small, oval 2:1 SW-NE, brighter core.  A mag 12 star is 2.0' WNW.  Pair with MCG -05-53-015 6' E.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7306 = h3948 on 30 Jul 1834 and recorded "vF; S; lE; follows a star 11m in the parallel."  His position is accurate.  Howe noted in 1900 that "The * 11m p" appears to be of mag 10 and precedes 8 seconds, 0.7' north.  The nebula seems brighter near its preceding end."

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NGC 7307 = ESO 345-026 = MCG -07-46-003 = PGC 69161

22 33 52.5 -40 55 58; Gru

V = 12.6;  Size 3.5'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.7;  PA = 9°

 

17.5" (8/26/00): very faint, moderately large, elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE, ~2.5'x0.8', broad concentration, fades at tips.  A mag 13.5-14 star is close west of the SW tip.  This galaxy was difficult to view due to its very low elevation.  Located ~40' SW of a wide mag 6 pair (Sigma-1 and 2 Gruis).

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7307 = h3947 on 4 Oct 1836 and recorded "F; pL; pmE; about pos of 75° with parallel; 2 1/2' long.  His RA is 6 seconds too small, and the description is a perfect match.

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NGC 7308 = IC 1448 = MCG -02-57-017 = PGC 69194

22 34 32.1 -12 56 02; Aqr

V = 13.7;  Size 1.3'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.7;  PA = 145°

 

24" (9/29/16): at 260x; fairly faint, fairly small, 25"-30" diameter, slightly elongated, reasonably high surface brightness.  Gradually increases to a very small brighter nucleus.  Resides in a barren star field.

 

NGC 7308 forms a pair with MCG -02-57-018 4' ENE.  The companion was faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 NW-SE, 25"x10", low even surface brightness.  MCG -02-57-019 was also picked up 14' NE (again in star-poor field). It was logged as very faint, very small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 18"x12".  A mag 13.5 star is 1.7' WSW.

 

17.5" (9/15/90): faint, small, round, bright core.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7308 = LM 1-253 in 1886 and reported "pB; vS; R, no star in field."  His very rough position (nearest minute of RA) is 40 seconds west and 3' south of PGC 69194.  Stephane Javelle independently discovered this galaxy on 2 Nov 1891.  His position in list 1-472 (later IC 1448) is accurate, so NGC 7308 = IC 1448.  Herbert Howe "recovered" NGC 7308 in 1899-1900 at the University of Denver and measured an accurate position.

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NGC 7309 = MCG -02-57-016 = PGC 69183

22 34 20.6 -10 21 25; Aqr

V = 12.5;  Size 1.9'x1.8';  Surf Br = 13.7

 

24" (8/14/15): moderately bright and large, irregular shape, slightly elongated, ~1.0'x0.8', contains a small bright core.  A fairly thin spiral arm juts out to the west on the north end.  On the DSS, this spiral has a second strong arm off the south end, extending east, though this arm was difficult to distinguish.

 

13.1" (9/3/83): faint, moderately large, very diffuse, slightly elongated ~E-W, even surface brightness.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7309 = H. II-476 = h2167 on 28 Nov 1785 (sweep 479) and recorded "F, pL, irregularly round, little brighter in the middle."  John Herschel made 5 observations, first reporting it on 9 Sep 1825 (sweep 9) as "F; R; very gradually brighter middle; r; 2'."  R.J. Mitchell, observing at Birr Castle on 2 Oct 1856, reported "has a * near center and I suspect a * or knot in np edge [spiral arm at this end]."

 

Heber Curtis described the photograhic appearance in 1913 based on Crossley plates at Lick as "a small nebula about 1.5' in size, of very unusual form.  Has faint stellar nucleus; ther are three fainter nuclei from which spring short whorls [spiral arms]; these are not arranged as in an ordinary spiral, but overlap."  At the Helwan observatory in Egypt, it was described (1921) as a "3 branched spiral with sharp stellar nucleus.  The north branch starts from a faint almost stellar condensation just n.f. the nucleus.  The branch just south of the nucleus forms an oval around it, much brighter on the south side.  The third branch is also south and curiously broken in the middle."

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NGC 7310 = ESO 533-049 = MCG -04-53-015 = PGC 69202

22 34 36.9 -22 29 06; Aqr

V = 13.9;  Size 0.9'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 36°

 

17.5" (7/2/89): very faint, fairly small, elongated SSW-NNE, very low even surface brightness.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7310 = LM 1-254 on 20 Jul 1885 and reported "mag 15.0; pS; R; brighter middle to a nucleus."  His rough position (nearest min of RA is marked as uncertain) is 25 seconds east and 2' south of ESO 533-049 = PGC 69202.  Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1898-99 (repeated in the IC 2 Notes).

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NGC 7311 = UGC 12080 = MCG +01-57-009 = CGCG 404-022 = PGC 69172

22 34 06.7 +05 34 12; Peg

V = 12.5;  Size 1.6'x0.8';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 10°

 

17.5" (11/1/86): moderately bright, small, very elongated ~N-S, small bright core, sharp bright stellar nucleus. This striking galaxy forms a wide pair with NGC 7312 16.4' NNE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7311 = H. II-428 = h2168 on 30 Aug 1785 (sweep 427) and recorded "F, pS, R, little brighter in the middle."  On 25 Oct 1785 (sweep 464) he noted "pB, S, irr R, r."

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NGC 7312 = UGC 12083 = MCG +01-57-010 = CGCG 404-023 = PGC 69198

22 34 34.8 +05 49 02; Peg

V = 13.4;  Size 1.4'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 83°

 

17.5" (11/1/86): fairly faint, fairly small, diffuse, very small brighter core, slightly elongated ~E-W.  Located 16.4' NNE of NGC 7311.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7312 = m 485 on 30 Oct 1863 and noted "F, S."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7313 = ESO 533-052 = PGC 69242

22 35 32.6 -26 06 06; PsA

V = 14.2;  Size 0.7'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 170°

 

24" (9/25/19): at 375x; faint, fairly small, slightly elongated NNW-SSE, ~24"x20", low even surface brightness.  Located 4.5' SW of much brighter and larger NGC 7314.

 

17.5" (10/13/90): extremely faint, small, elongated ~N-S.  Pair with NGC 7314 4.4' NE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7313 = m 486 on 24 Sep 1864 and noted "eF, E."  His position is within 1' of ESO 533-052 = PGC 69242.  Herbert Howe measured an accurate position at Denver in 1898-99.

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NGC 7314 = Arp 14 = ESO 533-053 = MCG -04-53-018 = AM 2233-261 = PGC 69253

22 35 45.9 -26 03 01; PsA

V = 11.0;  Size 4.6'x2.1';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 3°

 

24" (9/25/19): at 200x and 375x; bright, large, elongated 5:2 N-S, ~2.5'x1.0'.  Subtle spiral structure was seen.  A bright linear arm extended ~N-S along the SW flank.  A 15th mag star is close off the E side, 0.9' from center and a 12th mag star is 2' WNW of center.  Pair with NGC 7313 4.5' SW.

 

17.5" (10/13/90): fairly bright, fairly large, elongated 3:1 N-S, 2.7'x0.9', broad concentration.  A mag 15 star is just off the east side.  A brighter mag 12 star lies 2.0' W of center.  Forms a pair with NGC 7313 4.4' SW. 

 

8" (8/28/81): faint, moderately large, elongated, diffuse.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7314 = h3949 on 29 Jul 1834 and recorded "pB; L; mE in meridian; very little brighter middle; 4' l, 2' br; moonlight."  His position (also measured the next sweep) is accurate.

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NGC 7315 = UGC 12097 = MCG +06-49-037 = CGCG 514-059 = PGC 69241

22 35 31.7 +34 48 12; Peg

V = 12.8;  Size 1.6'x1.6';  Surf Br = 13.4

 

17.5" (8/12/88): fairly faint, fairly small, round, bright core.  A mag 15 star is 0.7' W of center.  Located 30' NW of NGC 7331.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7315 = St. 4-13 on 29 Aug 1872 and measured an initial position 3' too far W.  His published position (list 4, #13) was reduced two weeks later on 11 Sep 1872.

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NGC 7316 = UGC 12098 = MCG +03-57-020 = CGCG 452-030 = Mrk 307 = PGC 69259

22 35 56.3 +20 19 20; Peg

V = 13.0;  Size 1.1'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 60°

 

17.5" (9/2/89): faint, small, elongated SW-NE, irregular surface brightness.  A mag 14 star is 50" SSW of center. An extremely faint star is possibly involved at the east end.  Located 3.2' NNE of mag 6.7 SAO 90628.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7316 = H. III-180 = h2169 on 18 Sep 1784 (sweep 277) and noted "eF, vS, north of a star about 9m."  His time is about 8 seconds too small, but the identification is certain.

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NGC 7317 = HCG 92E = Arp 319 NED1 = VV 288d = MCG +06-49-038 = CGCG 514-060 = Holm 792d = PGC 69256 = Stephan's Quintet

22 35 51.8 +33 56 42; Peg

V = 13.6;  Size 1.1'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.8

 

18" (6/25/04): faint, very small, round, ~20" diameter.  A mag 13 star just off the NW side detracts from viewing.  This star is collinear with two mag 13.5 stars 0.7' NE and 1.7' SE with a mag 14.5 star just off this line.  These and a few additional faint stars near or attached to galaxies in the group (NGC 7320) contribute to the challenge and fascination of these five galaxies.

 

17.5" (9/14/85): fourth brightest of five in Stephan's quintet.  At 222x; fairly faint, small, round, brighter core, easy with direct vision.  A mag 13 star is at the NW edge just 16" from the center which confuses the observation.  The interacting pair NGC 7318A and NGC 7318B is 1.6' NE and NGC 7320 is 2.5' E.

 

13.1" (9/29/84): very faint, small, round.  A star is at the NW edge.  Second faintest in Stephan's quintet.

 

13.1" (8/23/84): very faint, small, round, visible without averted vision.

 

13.1" (8/5/83): extremely faint, very small, round, close following a star, requires averted vision.

 

8" (7/24/82); suspected at 100x attached to a faint star.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7317 = St. 8a-19, along with the other members of the group, on 27 Sep 1873.  His accurate published position (list 81, #19) was reduced on 23 Sep 1876.

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NGC 7318 = HCG 92D = Arp 319 NED2 = VV 288c = (R)NGC 7318A = UGC 12099 = MCG +06-49-039 = CGCG 514-061 = PGC 69260 = Stephan's Quintet

22 35 56.7 +33 57 56; Peg

V = 13.4;  Size 0.8'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.0

 

18" (6/25/04): The brighter western component (NGC 7318A) appeared fairly faint, slightly elongated E-W, sharply concentrated with a bright stellar or quasi-stellar nucleus.  The eastern component (NGC 7318B) is fairly faint, slightly elongated ~E-W, sharply concentrated with a stellar nucleus (not as prominent as NGC 7318A). The two galaxies are encased in a common halo.

 

17.5" (9/14/85): at 222x; the western member of this double galaxy in Stephan's quintet is moderately bright, elongated ~E-W.  The eastern member is moderately bright, elongated ~E-W.  This double system appears as two stellar nuclei within a common elongated halo.  The three other members are NGC 7317 1.6' SW, NGC 7320 1.9' SE and NGC 7319 1.5' NE.

 

13.1" (8/5/83 and 9/29/84): faint, elongated, two stellar nuclei are resolved in good seeing.

 

8" (6/27/81 and 8/28/81): extremely faint, small.  This double galaxy appears as a single object.

 

6" (6/25/04): extremely faint, glimpsed intermittently at 105x and 140x, along with NGC 7320 using a 6" mask.  This double system was unresolved.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7318 = St 8a-20, along with the other members, 27 Sep 1873.  He reduced the position on 23 Sep 1876 and included it in his discovery list 8a (#20).  He didn't resolve the NGC 7318 pair, so the two components are often called NGC 7318A and 7318B.  Harold Corwin carefully re-reduced his offsets and found that Stephan measured the brighter western component, although his position is just off the nucleus of the eastern component.

 

Shapley and Ames mentioned NGC 7318 is "bi-nuclear and probably represents two interpenetrating system" in 1930BHarO.878....6S.

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NGC 7319 = HCG 92C = Arp 319 NED5 = VV 288b = UGC 12102 = MCG +06-49-041 = CGCG 514-064 = Holm 792b = PGC 69269 = Stephan's Quintet

22 36 03.5 +33 58 33; Peg

V = 13.1;  Size 1.7'x1.3';  Surf Br = 13.8

 

18" (7/20/04): at 323x appears a very faint low surface brightness glow, small, elongated 3:2 or 2:1 NW-SE, ~40"x25", very weak concentration.  Three mag 15-16 stars are very near.  This galaxy is the faintest in  Stephan's Quintet.

 

18" (6/25/04): very faint, small, round, low surface brightness, slightly elongated, ~25"x20", very small slightly brighter core.  Faintest in Stephan's quintet.

 

17.5" (9/14/85): faintest in Stephan's quintet.  At 222x; faint, fairly small, elongated NW-SE, very low surface brightness with only a very weak concentration.  Located 1.7' N of NGC 7320 and 1.5' NE of the double system NGC 7318A/B.

 

13.1" (7/27/84): extremely faint, fairly small, requires averted.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7319 = St. 8a-21, along with others in the group, on 27 Sep 1873.  His reduced position, published in list 8a (#21) was reduced on 23 Sep 1876.

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NGC 7320 = HCG 92A = Arp 319 NED4 = VV 288a = UGC 12101 = MCG +06-49-042 = CGCG 514-063 = Holm 792a = LGG 459-002 = PGC 69270 = Stephan's Quintet

22 36 03.4 +33 56 53; Peg

V = 12.6;  Size 2.2'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 132°

 

18" (6/25/04): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, ~50"x30".  A mag 14 star is embedded on the SE portion of the halo, just 15" from the center.  The brightness of NGC 7320 is comparable to the combined glow of NGC 7318A/B.  The Quintet was viewed at 257x and 300x.  This galaxy has a very low redshift compared to the other group members, so has been a subject of controversy but is likely a foreground object.

 

17.5" (9/14/85): brightest in Stephan's quintet consisting of five galaxies within a 4' diameter circle.  At 222x; moderately bright, moderately large, brighter core, elongated 5:2 NW-SE.  A mag 14.5 star is at the SE side 15" from the center.  NGC 7317 lies 2.5' W, NGC 7318 pair is 1.7' NW and NGC 7319 1.7' N.  Located 30' SSW of NGC 7331.

 

13.1": faint, elongated NW-SE. 

 

8" (6/27/81 and 8/28/81): extremely faint, small.

 

6" (6/25/04): marginal but definitely glimpsed at moments with a 6" mask at 115x and 140x.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7320 = St. 8a-22, probably along with the other members of the group, on 27 Sep 1873.  His published position (list 8a, #22) was reduced on 23 Sep 1876.

 

NGC 7320 lies in the foreground of the other galaxies.  See S&T November 2004 and my observing piece in the article.

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NGC 7321 = UGC 12103 = MCG +03-57-021 = CGCG 452-031 = Holm 793a = PGC 69287

22 36 28.0 +21 37 19; Peg

V = 12.9;  Size 1.6'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 12°

 

17.5" (9/2/89): faint, small, elongated SW-NE, no concentration.  A mag 15 star is attached at the NE end, 24" from center.  Four bright stars are within the 20' field; mag 9 SAO 90632 5.7' SSW and SAO 90645 9.5' NE and mag 8.5 SAO 90631 6.3' NW and SAO 90649 9.5' NE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7321 = H. III-237 = h2170 on 17 Nov 1784 (sweep 319) and logged "eF, vS."  His position is 2.5' north of UGC 12103.  John Herschel recorded "pF; irreg R; very gradually very little brighter middle; 15...20"." and measured an accurate position.

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NGC 7322 = NGC 7334 = ESO 405-033 = MCG -06-49-010 = PGC 69365

22 37 51.5 -37 13 52; Gru

V = 13.5;  Size 0.9'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 114°

 

17.5" (10/30/99): extremely faint, very small, round, 20" diameter.  It required averted vision in poor seeing.  Located just west of the midpoint of a mag 10 (SAO 213968) and 12 star oriented N-S at 14' separation.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7322 = h3950 on 30 Aug 1834 and recorded pF; R; gradually brighter in the middle; 20".  Two nights later he called this galaxy "eF; S; vlE."  His position matches ESO 405-033 = PGC 69365.  NGC 7334 is a third observation made on 23 Oct 1835 (see that number).  So, NGC 7322 = NGC 7334.

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NGC 7323 = UGC 12108 = MCG +03-57-025 = CGCG 452-034 = Holm 794a = PGC 69311

22 36 53.7 +19 08 38; Peg

V = 12.9;  Size 1.4'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 170°

 

17.5" (9/2/89): faint, small, slightly elongated, broad mild concentration.  Forms a pair with NGC 7324 1.8' E.  A wide pair of mag 9 stars is 6' E (mag 8.7 SAO 108048 and mag 9.3 SAO 108049 at 41" separation).

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7323 = m 487, along with NGC 7324, on 13 Sep 1863 and noted "pF, pL, irr R."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7324 = MCG +03-57-026 = Holm 794b = PGC 69321

22 37 00.9 +19 08 46; Peg

V = 14.1;  Size 0.8'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 168°

 

17.5" (9/2/89): very faint, extremely small, round.  A mag 11.5 star is 0.6' SE of center.  Close pair with NGC 7323 1.8' W.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7324 = m 488, along with NGC 7323, on 13 Sep 1863 and noted "vF, vS neb. *."  His position is less than 1' north of PGC 69321.

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NGC 7325

22 36 48.4 +34 22 02; Peg

Size 15"

 

17.5" (10/17/98): this is a very faint double star 4.5' SW of the core of NGC 7331.  At 220x only the brighter mag 14 component was evident but at 280x and 380x a fainter mag 15 companion at 15" S was visible.  A wide pair of mag 12/13 stars that are collinear with the core of the galaxy lie 1.5' NW.  RNGC misidentifies NGC 7325 with PGC 69291 at 22 36 33.4 +34 30 05.

 

Herman Schultz discovered NGC 7325 = Nova VIII on 20 Sep 1865 while observing NGC 7331 with the 9.6-inch refractor at Uppsala Observatory.  His micrometric position matches a mag 14/15 double star at 15" separation with the northern component an extremely close double. This pair is situated 4.5' southwest of the center of NGC 7331.  Dreyer also found this object and measured an accurate offset at Birr Castle on 8 Sep 1875 using NGC 7331 as the reference.  It's shown unlabeled on the constructed sketch of the companions to NGC 7331 in the 1880 publication. Karl Reinmuth reported this object as a "? Neb *14.8" based on a Heidelberg plate.

 

RNGC misidentifies PGC 69261 as NGC 7325.  On the POSS this galaxy appears to have a fairly bright star superimposed making a visual observation extremely difficult.  The identification of NGC 7325 was discussed in my Fall 1986 Deep Sky magazine article as well as in RNGC Corrections #1.

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NGC 7326

22 36 52.0 +34 25 22; Peg

 

17.5" (10/17/98): NGC 7326 refers to a faint, close double star just 2.5' preceding the nucleus of NGC 7331.  It was not seen with certainty at 220x, but was clearly visible at 280x and 380x as a mag 15.5 star (not resolved).  The RNGC misidentifies CGCG 514-066 as NGC 7326.

 

Lawrence Parsons, the 4th Earl of Rosse, discovered NGC 7326 on 7 Oct 1874.  His micrometric offset (also measured in 1875) from NGC 7331 (153" in PA 278°) points to a close double star 2.5' preceding the nucleus of NGC 7331.  It's also shown unlabeled on the constructed sketch in the 1880 publication. Dorothy Carlson also equated this number with the double star based on Mount Wilson and Lick Observatory plates.

 

RNGC misidentifies CGCG 514-066 as NGC 7326.  This galaxy is located 12' northwest of NGC 7331.  This error was mentioned in my article on NGC 7331 and its companions in Deep Sky magazine for Fall 1986, as well as in RNGC Corrections #1.

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NGC 7327

22 36 57.3 +34 28 02; Peg

 

17.5" (10/17/98): this number refers to one of the several nonexistent NGC entries in the NGC 7331 vicinity.  A possible candidate suggested by Harold Corwin is a mag 13 star near the tip of the northern extension of NGC 7331.  This single star appeared stellar, although it seems plausible that it might look slightly nebulous due to the faint background haze of the galaxy.  Other fainter nearby stars may instead apply to NGC 7327.

 

Wilhelm Tempel discovered NGC 7327, along with NGC 7338, in 1882 with the 11" refractor near Florence and reported in the narrative portion of his fifth paper (AN 2439).  He mentions finding a total of 8 companions to NGC 7331, including two that are not shown on Lord Rosse's sketch.  No position was given but NGC 7327 was simply noted as "preceding the northern end of the spindle [NGC 7331]."  There are no galaxies or double stars nearby, so he may have mistaken a single faint star.

 

Harold Corwin suggests the mag 13 star at 22 36 57.3 +34 28 02 (2000) as a reasonable candidate.  Another possibility is the compact galaxy PGC 69261, which has a bright star superimposed (the RNGC misidentifies this galaxy as NGC 7325).  Unfortunately, Tempel didn't leave any additional clues as to the identification of NGC 7327, so any assignment is really a guess.  The identifications in the NGC 7331 group are discussed in my Deep Sky magazine article for Fall 1986.

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NGC 7328 = UGC 12118 = MCG +02-57-007 = PGC 69349

22 37 29.3 +10 31 54; Peg

V = 13.1;  Size 2.0'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 88°

 

17.5" (9/19/87): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 5:2 ~E-W, broad weak concentration, faint outer halo.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7328 = h2171 on 12 Oct 1825 and recorded "eF; elongated in parallel [E-W]; 60" l, 40" br."  His position (measured on 4 sweeps) is accurate.

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NGC 7329 = ESO 109-012 = AM 2236-664 = LGG 462-002 = PGC 69453

22 40 24.2 -66 28 44; Tuc

V = 11.3;  Size 3.9'x2.6';  Surf Br = 13.7;  PA = 107°

 

30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 303x; bright, very large, oval 5:3 ~E-W, at least 2.5'x1.5', sharply concentrated with a bright, elongated core (bar E-W).  The halo is only slightly concentrated but shows weak spiral structure.  A mag 12.5 is 3' NW and a pair of mag 14.5/15 stars is off the southwest side and collinear with the nucleus.  IC 5235 and 5236 lie 8.4' and 10.6' SE, respectively.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7329 = h3951 on 20 Jul 1835 and recorded "pB; mE in parallel; gradually brighter in the middle; 50" l, 20" br."

 

NGC 7329 was first photographed by DeLisle Stewart at Harvard's Arequipa Station between 1898 and 1901 and noted as "!! Ellip. and spiral form"

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NGC 7330 = UGC 12111 = MCG +06-49-046 = CGCG 514-067 = PGC 69314

22 36 56.2 +38 32 53; Lac

V = 12.2;  Size 1.8'x1.7';  Surf Br = 13.4

 

17.5" (6/15/91): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated NW-SE, weak concentration, faint stellar nucleus.  A mag 13 star is 1.2' NW of center.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7330 = St. 2-30 on 27 Sep 1869 and logged a rough unpublished position 2' too far E.  On 26 Jul 1870 he measured an accurate micrometric position with description "moderately bright, small, little brighter middle, oval."

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NGC 7331 = UGC 12113 = MCG +06-49-045 = CGCG 514-068 = Holm 795a = LGG 459-003 = PGC 69327 = Deer Lick Group

22 37 04.1 +34 24 56; Peg

V = 9.5;  Size 10.5'x3.7';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 171°

 

48" (10/24/14): at 488x, the long dust lane along the west side (running N-S) was very evident as the galaxy is sharply cut off at the bright edge of a thin inner spiral arm (the arm itself was not resolved). A clearly visible outer spiral arm curves sharply counterclockwise around the south side of the halo and shoots directly north.  It continues or merges into a fairly narrow arm just west of the dust lane and extends north of the central region on the west side.

 

24" (7/21/12): at 322x this showpiece galaxy appeared very bright, very elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE, ~9'x3'.  Contains a very bright, elongated core that is sharply concentrated with an intense stellar nucleus.  The galaxy exhibits subtle spiral structure in the outer halo and the brighter edge of the inner western arm is sharply defined as it shoots north.  Just west of this arm the light drops off sharply due to a long dust lane and the dim glow of the outer halo is clearly visible west of the lane.  Arm structure is also evident at the north and south ends of the central region.  The four background companions to the east fit snugly in the field.

 

18" (8/1/08): The sharp light cut-off (dust lane) was evident, running along the west side of the galaxy, and the outer halo had subtle structure and variations in brightness that suggested spiral structure.

 

13.1" (many dates 7/16/82 to 7/27/84): very bright, very elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE, 9'x2.5', very bright elongated core, substellar nucleus.  The west side has a sharper edge due to dust.  Four (background) companions are close following with the brightest three NGC 7335 3.5' ENE, NGC 7337 5.2' SE, NGC 7336 5.3' NE and NGC 7340 8.1' E of center.  Stephan's Quintet lies 30' SSW.  NGC 7331 is the brightest in a small group including NGC 7320 (in Stephan's Quintet).

 

8" (8/28/81): very bright, large, nucleus bulge, very elongated.  Two extremely faint companions to the east are just visible.

 

80mm (9/29/84): faint streak at 16x in the finder.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7331 = H. I-53 = h2172 on 6 Sep 1784 (sweep 258).  With the "moon pretty bright" and the skies "hazy", he logged it as "pB, cL, E, little brighter in the middle."   On 13 Sep 1784 (sweep 269), he recorded "very bright, considerably large, much elongated, much brighter in the middle, resolvable."   At the same time, the brightest companion NGC 7335 was discovered, although Wolfgang Steinicke states that Stephan's quintet was just below the southern limit of the sweep and was missed (both Herschels).

 

John Herschel made his first of two observation in Nov 1827 (sweep 105): "vB; pL; suddenly much brighter middle; E 70° np to sf; 90" l, 30" br.  If I. 53, the working list [based on his father's position] is 9' out in polar distance."  He was correct regarding about the polar distance.

 

George Johnstone Stoney, Lord Rosse's assistant on 17 Aug 1849, logged "the preceding edge is well defined [dust lane] and Nucl near it.  I strongly suspected an eF branch [spiral arm] from south end round following and north and then preceding of preceding edge."  A month later he confirmed "appendage preceding certain, following branch suspected, 4 knots [companions] following, one preceding seen by Lord R to consist of 4 or 5 stars [wrong]."  R.J. Mitchell's sketch on 16 Sep 1854 (Plate XXX, fig 39 in 1861 Monograph), clearly shows the dust lane along the major axis.

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NGC 7332 = UGC 12115 = MCG +04-53-008 = CGCG 474-012 = Holm 796a = PGC 69342

22 37 24.5 +23 47 54; Peg

V = 11.1;  Size 4.1'x1.1';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 155°

 

17.5" (9/2/89): bright, fairly large, edge-on 4:1 NNW-SSE, well-defined very bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 11 star is 2.4' SSE of center, collinear with the major axis.  Forms a striking pair of edge-on systems with NGC 7339 5.2' E!

 

8" (7/24/82): fairly bright, small bright nucleus, edge-on NNW-SSE.  Forms a pair with NGC 7339 5' E.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7332 = H. II-233 = h2173, along with NGC 7339, on 19 Sep 1784 (sweep 278).  He recorded "pretty bright, extended, easily resolvable.  I can distinguish one or two stars."  On 20 Oct 1784 (sweep 302) he described NGC 7332 as "bright, little elongated, the direction nearly in the meridian [N-S]."

 

John Herschel's first observation on 17 Aug 1828 (sweep 166) reads, "Bright; small; much extended in pos = 163° by micrometer; very small much brighter midde to a * 11m."

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NGC 7333

22 37 11.6 +34 26 14; Peg

 

17.5" (10/17/98): extremely close double star just 2.0' NE of the center of NGC 7331.  At 220x it appeared as a single mag 15 star 40" following a mag 13.5-14 star.  This star is on a line between NGC 7335 and the core of NGC 7331.

 

Herman Schultz discovered NGC 7333 = Nova IX on 20 Sep 1865 while observing NGC 7331 with the 9.6-inch refractor at Uppsala Observatory.  His micrometric position matches an extremely close double star (less than 2" separation) situated 2' northeast of the center of NGC 7331.  The components are just distinguishable on the SDSS.  Karl Reinmuth reported this object as a "nebulous *15, *14 p 0.7'.", based on a Heidelberg plate.  Dorothy Carlson classified it as a double star (misinterpreting Reinmuth's description) in her 1940 paper on NGC errata.  I discussed NGC 7333 in my article on the identifications in the NGC 7331 group in Deep Sky magazine.

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NGC 7334 = NGC 7322 = ESO 405-033 = MCG -06-49-010 = PGC 69365

22 37 51.5 -37 13 52; Gru

 

See observing notes for NGC 7322.

 

John Herschel found NGC 7334 = h3950 on 23 Oct 1835 and recorded "eeF; barely, but certainly seen."  A note was added "the observation makes the RA 29 min 6.5 sec [instead of 28 min], and as the PD fails of a perfect agreement [with his previously two observations of h3950 = NGC 7322], it is not impossible that this may be a different nebula."  In the Cape catalogue, all three observations of this galaxy were listed under the single entry h3950, but he included a second entry in the GC at the wrong position, which became NGC 7334.  So, NGC 7322 = NGC 7334, with a 1 minute error in RA.

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NGC 7335 = UGC 12116 = MCG +06-49-047 = CGCG 514-069 = Holm 795c = PGC 69338

22 37 19.4 +34 26 52; Peg

V = 13.3;  Size 1.3'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 151°

 

48" (10/24/14): at 488x; fairly bright, moderately large, elongated nearly 5:2 NNW-SSE, 0.9'x0.35'.  Contains a very bright core.

 

24" (7/21/12): at 322x was moderately bright and large, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, ~50"x20", relatively large bright oval core that gradually increases to the center.  This is the brightest of the four "companions" to NGC 7331 with the faintest galaxy, NGC 7336, situated 2.1' NNE.  The quartet is actually far in the background (8x the redshift) of NGC 7331, at a similar redshift as Stephan's Quintet with the exception for NGC 7320, which has a similar redshift as NGC 7331.

 

18" (8/1/08): at 280x appeared fairly faint or moderately bright, very elongated nearly 3:1 NNW-SSE, well concentrated with a small, bright elongated core.  With averted vision increases in size to 1.2'x0.35'.  This is easily the brightest of four companions on the east side of NGC 7331.

 

18" (7/20/04): at 225x appears fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, contains a bright core which increases to a faint stellar nucleus, ~0.8'x0.35', though increases in size with averted vision to 1.0'x0.4'.  Brightest of four companions on the following side of NGC 7331.

 

17.5" (8/27/87): fairly faint, bright core, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, small bright core.  This is the brightest and largest of the four following companions of NGC 7331 located 3.5' ENE of center.  A mag 14 star is 1.3' NE.  Extremely faint NGC 7336 is 2.1' NNE.

 

17.5" (9/14/85): fairly faint, bright core, very elongated NNW-SSE.

 

13.1" (9/29/84): easily the brightest and largest of the companions to NGC 7331.  Fairly faint but easily visible with direct vision at 220x, gradually increases to center, elongated NNW-SSE.

 

13.1" (7/27/84): fairly faint, elongated NNW-SSE, broad concentration.  Located 3.6' E of the center of NGC 7331.  Extremely faint NGC 7336 is 2' NNE.

 

8" (8/28/81): extremely faint, very small, requires averted.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7335 = H. III-166 = h2174 on 13 Sep 1784 (sweep 269) he recorded "eF, vS, E, between 4 & 5' distant from the former [NGC 7331] and north following it." John Herschel reported this galaxy as "eF; it is nf from I. 53 [NGC 7331]; pos by micrometer = 61.8°; Delta RA = 14.5 seconds."

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NGC 7336 = MCG +06-49-049 = Holm 795j = PGC 69337

22 37 21.9 +34 28 54; Peg

V = 14.8;  Size 0.5'x0.4'

 

48" (10/29/16): at 375x; moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, very small brighter core.  Faintest of the four galaxies to the east of NGC 7331.

 

48" (10/24/14): at 488x; fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 0.6'x0.3', contains a small bright core.  Located 2' N of NGC 7335.

 

24" (7/21/12): at 322x the faintest of the four "companions" to NGC 7331 appeared faint, small, oval 3:2 NW-SE, 20"x14", small brighter core.  Situated 2.1' NNE of NGC 7335 (brightest of the quartet).  A mag 13.5 star is 1' S, between the two galaxies.

 

18" (8/1/08): at 283x appeared very faint but visible steadily with averted vision, very small, slightly elongated, 20"x15" in size.

 

18" (7/20/04): at 225x appears extremely faint, very small, roundish.  At times only a 10" core was visible but with concentrated viewing an extended halo was visible increasing the size to 20"x10".  Located 2' NNE of NGC 7335 and faintest of the quartet.

 

17.5" (8/12/88): very faint, very small, elongated, visible steadily.  Located 1' NNW of a mag 14 star.

 

17.5" (8/27/87): Can just be held continuously with averted vision, elongated ~N-S.  Faintest of the 4 galaxies on the east side of NGC 7331.

 

17.5" (9/14/85): very faint, very small, slightly elongated.  Just visible with constant direct vision at 200x (10mm Clave). A mag 14 star is 1.0' SSE of center.  This is the faintest of four companions of NGC 7331 and is located 2.1' NNE of NGC 7335.

 

George Johnstone Stoney discovered NGC 7336, along with NGC 7337 and 7340, on 10 Sep 1849 and noted "4 knots [including NGC7335] following [NGC 7331]."  A diagram was made 2 nights later and NGC 7336 was labeled "C".

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NGC 7337 = UGC 12120 = MCG +06-49-050 = CGCG 514-071 = Holm 795b = PGC 69344

22 37 26.6 +34 22 27; Peg

V = 14.4;  Size 1.1'x0.9';  Surf Br = 14.3

 

48" (10/24/14 and 10/27/19): moderately bright, fairly small, roundish, ~0.5'x0.4'.  It was difficult to estimate the size of halo due to the superimposed star (just 8" SE of center!) and the low surface brightness outer halo faded into the background. Contains a very small bright core and stellar nucleus within a fairly low contrast "bar" extending N-S.

 

24" (7/21/12): fairly faint, fairly small, round, though a mag 14 star on the east side of the core of the galaxy distracts from a clean view.  Sharply concentrated with a very small bright core ~10" diameter and a much fainter halo ~25" diameter.

 

18" (8/1/08): faint or fairly faint, small, elongated 3:2 N-S, 0.4'x0.25'.  A mag 14.5 star on the east side confuses the view.  Located 5' SE of NGC 7331.

 

18" (7/20/04): at 322x appears faint, very small, round, ~20" diameter.  The observation is confused by a mag 14 star that is attached on the southeast side and the galaxy appears to bulge out from the star towards the NW.

 

17.5" (8/27/87): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated.  A mag 14-14.5 star attached at the SE end just 9" from the center confuses the observation as the galaxy appears like a close double.  Located 5.2' SE of the center of NGC 7331 in a group of four faint companions.

 

17.5" (9/14/85): faint, very small, round, star attached at SE end.

 

13.1" (9/29/84): very faint, very small, round.  A mag 14 star is superimposed at the SE side.  This is the third faintest of the four companions to NGC 7331 and is located 5' SE of the center of NGC 7331.  NGC 7340 is 4' NE.

 

George Johnstone Stoney discovered NGC 7337, along with NGC 7336 and 7340, on 10 Sep 1849 and noted "4 knots following [NGC 7331]."  A diagram was made 2 nights later and NGC 7337 was labeled "E".  Despite an accurate position, NGC 7337 was reported in the 1908 Catalogue of new nebulae and clusters found on plates taken with the Crossley reflector, generally of bright nearby galaxies [NGC 7331 in this case].  The plates were taken by Keeler in 1898-00 and this galaxy was recorded as #716 out of 744.

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NGC 7338 = ?

22 37 31.7 +34 24 51; Peg

 

17.5" (10/17/98): at 220x, a single mag 14 star was clearly visible at this position.  A fainter companion ~12" preceding was not seen at 280x or 380x.

 

Wilhelm Tempel discovered NGC 7338, along with NGC 7327, in 1882 with the 11" refractor near Florence and reported in the narrative portion of his fifth paper (AN 2439).  No position was given but NGC 7338 was noted as located "between the four brighter companions following [NGC 7331], closer to the southern two [NGC 7337 and 7340]."  There are no additional galaxies he might have seen, so this number probably refers to a single or double star.  Harold Corwin suggest NGC 7338 is probably the faint double star about 3' southeast of NGC 7335, which forms an isosceles triangle with NGC 7337 and 7340.  The identifications in the NGC 7331 group are discussed in my Deep Sky magazine article for Fall 1986.

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NGC 7339 = UGC 12122 = MCG +04-53-009 = CGCG 474-013 = Holm 796b = PGC 69364

22 37 46.9 +23 47 12; Peg

V = 12.2;  Size 3.0'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 93°

 

24" (6/14/15): bright, fairly large, edge-on 5:1 E-W, 2.2'x0.4', large bright core, slightly mottled appearance.  The north edge of the central region had a sharper light cut-off (apparently due to dust) and a very low surface brightness glow was visible just beyond this edge.  A mag 14.6 star is 1.6' WSW and a mag 15.4 star is 1.4' NW of center.

 

17.5" (9/2/89): moderately bright, thin edge-on 5:1 E-W, brighter core but no sharp nucleus.  Forms a striking pair with edge-on NGC 7332 5.2' W.

 

8" (7/24/82): faint, very elongated ~E-W.  Aligned nearly perpendicular to NGC 7332 5' WNW and has a similar size.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7339 = H. II-234 = h2175, along with NGC 7332, on 19 Sep 1784 (sweep 278).  His description reads, "faint, extended, resolvable, the direction of the extent different from that of the foregoing [NGC 7332]."  On 20 Oct 1784 (sweep 302) he reported "extended of the size of the foregoing [NGC 7332], and the extension in a different direction, almost at rectangles to the former; the direction nearly in the parallel, about 1 1/2' in length."

 

On 13 Sep 1830 (sweep 290), John Herschel recorded "vF; mE in parallel; 60" l; the following of two [with NGC 7332] and a third suspected."  There is no other nearby third object, so perhaps he glimpsed a very faint star.

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NGC 7340 = MCG +06-49-052 = CGCG 514-075 = Holm 795e = PGC 69362

22 37 44.2 +34 24 36; Peg

V = 13.7;  Size 0.9'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 170°

 

48" (10/24/14): at 488x; fairly bright, fairly small, slightly elongated, 35"x25", sharply concentrated with a bright core and sharp stellar nucleus.

 

24" (7/21/12): moderately bright at 322x, fairly small, slightly elongated ~N-S, 0.5'x0.4', sharply concentrated with a very small bright core that increases to the center.  Second brightest of the four "companions" to NGC 7331.  Collinear with a mag 11 star 1.8' NNW and a mag 10.3 star 3.6' NNW.

 

18" (8/1/08): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 0.6'x0.5', very faint stellar nucleus.  Collinear with two bright stars 1.8' NNW and 3.6' NNW.

 

18" (7/20/04): at 322x appears fairly faint, small, round, 25"-30" diameter, broad concentration to a brighter core.  This is the second most prominent galaxy of the quartet following NGC 7331.

 

17.5" (8/27/87): fairly faint, small, round, bright core, stellar nucleus.  This is the last of four galaxies following NGC 7331 and lies 8.1' E of center.  Nearby are NGC 7337 4.2' SW and NGC 7335 5.6' NW.  Collinear with two 10 stars 1.8' NNW and 3.6' NNW.

 

17.5" (9/14/85): fairly faint, small, round, bright core.

 

13.1" (9/29/84): faint, small, round, bright core.  Second brightest of four faint companions of NGC 7331.

 

8" (8/28/81): extremely faint, very small, requires averted.

 

George Johnstone Stoney discovered NGC 7340, along with NGC 7336 and 7337, on 10 Sep 1849 and noted "4 knots following [NGC 7331]."  A diagram was made 2 nights later and NGC 7340 was labeled "D".

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NGC 7341 = ESO 534-011 = MCG -04-53-027 = PGC 69412

22 39 05.1 -22 39 55; Aqr

V = 12.4;  Size 2.4'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 94°

 

17.5" (7/2/89): faint, very small, slightly elongated E-W, weak concentration.  Located just 2' SSW mag 8.3 SAO 191299.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7341 = LM 1-255 on 20 Jul 1885 and recorded "pF; pS; E; little brighter in the middle."  His rough position (the nearest min of RA is marked as uncertain) is coincidentally just 2' south of ESO 534-011 = PGC 69412.  Ormond Stone later published an accurate micrometric position in the "Southern Nebulae" publication (repeated in the IC 1 Notes section).

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NGC 7342 = UGC 12126 = MCG +06-49-054 = CGCG 514-076 = WBL 685-001 = PGC 69374

22 38 13.1 +35 29 56; Peg

V = 13.9;  Size 1.3'x1.3';  Surf Br = 14.3

 

18" (6/25/04): faint, fairly small, round, 40" diameter, weak concentration to a small slightly brighter core.  Overall, the surface brightness is pretty low.  A mag 14 star is attached at the west side.  Located 10.7' NNW of UGC 12127 in a group of faint galaxies including NGC 7345 7' ENE.

 

17.5" (8/12/88): faint, small, round, weak concentration, very faint stellar nucleus.  A mag 14 star is at the west edge 25" from the center.  Member of the UGC 12127 group with NGC 7345 6.9' ENE.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7342 = St. 4-14 on 28 Aug 1872 and measured an initial position 2.5' too far WNW.  Apparently he missed or didn't note NGC 7345 on that date. His published position (list 4, #14) was measured two weeks later on 11 Sep 1872 and quite accurate.

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NGC 7343 = UGC 12129 = MCG +06-49-059 = CGCG 514-082 = PGC 69391

22 38 37.9 +34 04 17; Peg

V = 13.6;  Size 1.1'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 160°

 

18" (8/1/08): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3, 0.6'x0.45', weak concentration.  Located 28' SE of NGC 7331.

 

17.5" (8/12/88): faint, small, round, weak concentration.

 

Truman Safford discovered NGC 7343 = Sf. 53 = St 8a-23 on 14 Sep 1866.  Safford's position was 5' too far south and 7 sec of RA too large.  His discovery wasn't published until 1887 (just a position with no description), too late to be credited in the NGC.  Édouard Stephan first observed NGC 7343 on 27 Sep 1873 and measured an accurate position on 26 Sep 1876.  Stephen was credited with the discovery in the GC Supplement (6072) and NGC. But Stephan may already have been aware (he reported 19 Safford discoveries as new).

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NGC 7344 = MCG -01-57-020 = PGC 69433

22 39 36.2 -37 16 32; Aqr

V = 13.0;  Size 1.5'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 160°

 

17.5" (8/10/91): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated 4:3 ~N-S, almost even surface brightness.  Either a faint knot is at the north edge or an extremely faint star is superimposed.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7344 = m 489 on 1 Oct 1864 and noted "pF, vS, R."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7345 = UGC 12130 = MCG +06-49-064 = CGCG 514-083 = WBL 685-005 = PGC 69401

22 38 44.8 +35 32 26; Peg

V = 14.3;  Size 1.2'x0.2';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 39°

 

24" (8/31/16): moderately bright and large, edge-on 6:1 SW-NE, 1.0'x0.15', relatively large bright core, the extensions taper at the tips.  A mag 9.6 star is 1.8' S.  Furthest north in the UGC 12127 Group (WBL 685) with NGC 7342 7' SW and CGCG 514-087 6.8' SSE.  The latter galaxy is fairly faint, small, round, 18" diameter, gradually increases to a small, brighter nucleus.

 

18" (6/25/04): faint, fairly small, thin edge-on 5:1 SW-NE, 0.8'x0.15', very small brighter core.  Situated just north of a small group of stars highlighted by a mag 9.6 star 1.7' S.  NGC 7342 lies 7' WSW and CGCG 514-087 is 7' SSE.

 

CGCG 514-087 is very faint, very small, round, 0.3' diameter.  Contains a slightly brighter 5" core and faint stellar nucleus with direct vision at 300x.  Located just south of a line connecting two mag 12.5/15 stars oriented E-W and 9' NE of UGC 12127.

 

17.5" (8/12/88): faint, fairly small, very elongated SSW-NNE, bright core.  A mag 10.5 star is 2' S.  Located 6.9' ENE of NGC 7342 in the UGC 12127 group.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7345 = St. 4-15, along with NGC 7342, on 11 Sep 1872.  His micrometric position is very accurate.

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NGC 7346 = CGCG 429-017 = PGC 69430

22 39 35.4 +11 05 00; Peg

V = 14.3;  Size 0.8'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 52°

 

17.5" (9/19/87): very faint, very small, round, small bright core.  Pair with NGC 7347 6.1' SE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7346 = m 490 on 7 Aug 1864 and noted "eF, vS, stellar."  His position is accurate (to within 30").

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NGC 7347 = UGC 12136 = MCG +02-57-009 = CGCG 429-019 = PGC 69443

22 39 56.2 +11 01 39; Peg

V = 13.6;  Size 1.5'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 133°

 

17.5" (9/19/87): faint, fairly small, very elongated NW-SE, weak concentration.  Pair with NGC 7346 6.1' NW.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7347 = h2176 on 9 Oct 1830 and recorded "eF; pL; 60" l, 30" br; a certain observation."  His position and description is a good match with UGC 12136.  On 28 Sep 1875, Dreyer recorded "eF; vmE 130°, very little brighter middle, perhaps a little curved [like an integral sign]."

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NGC 7348 = UGC 12142 = MCG +02-57-010 = CGCG 429-020 = PGC 69463

22 40 36.3 +11 54 22; Peg

V = 13.8;  Size 1.1'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 12°

 

17.5" (9/19/87): very faint, small, elongated, very diffuse, low surface brightness.  Appears fainter than V = 13.8.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7348 = m 491, along with NGC 7350 and 7353, on 7 Aug 1864 and noted "vF, pL, irr R."  His position is accurate, though NGC 7350 and NGC 7353 have uncertain identifications.

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NGC 7349 = ESO 603-004 = MCG -04-53-029 = PGC 69488

22 41 14.8 -21 47 48; Aqr

V = 14.3;  Size 1.1'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 166°

 

17.5" (10/30/99): this was a marginal object from Pacheco State Park and appeared extremely faint, small, elongated 2:1 N-S.  Required averted vision and could hold for more than a few seconds at a time at 220x and 280x.  Forms the southern vertex of a small triangle with two mag 13 stars 1.7' NE and 2.3' NW.  Located 5' N of a mag 10.5 star.

 

17.5" (10/25/97): not found at 220x and 280x although examined exact position using GSC chart.  The seeing was fairly poor and observed early in evening before mirror had reached thermal equilibrium.

 

Frank Muller discovered NGC 7349 = LM 2-469 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory.  He recorded "mag 15.0 (nucleus), 0.3'x0.1' in position angle 175°, binuclear; double."  There is nothing at his position but one degree north is ESO 603-004 = PGC 69488, which is identified as NGC 7349 in ESO and the Southern Galaxy Catalogue, but not the MCG.  Although Muller's declination is considerably off, his position angle is accurate and provides a reliable check.  Harold Corwin concurs with this identification.

 

The RNGC misidentifies MCG -04-53-036 as NGC 7349.  This galaxy is 3.3 minutes of RA east and 8' south of Muller's place.  Neither galaxy is close to the original position, but the ESO galaxy is a better fit with the visual description.  This number was discussed in my RNGC Corrections #5.

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NGC 7350

22 40 48.5 +12 00 23; Peg

 

= **?, Corwin (or triple star).

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7350 = m 492, along with NGC 7348 and 7353, on 7 Aug 1864 and simply noted "vF".  There is nothing near his position, despite the fact that NGC 7348 was accurately placed.  Dorothy Carlson equates this number with a star (repeated in the RNGC).  Harold Corwin tentatively identifies this number as a double or triple star at this position.  DSS shows a close pair with a much wider third component.  See his notes for further investigation of this number.

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NGC 7351 = MCG -01-57-022 = PGC 69489

22 41 26.9 -04 26 41; Aqr

V = 12.3;  Size 1.8'x1.3';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 0°

 

17.5" (8/10/91): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE.  This galaxy has a high surface brightness with a large prominent central region and a small bright core.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7351 = St. 9-30 = Sw. 2-92, on 19 Sep 1873.  His published position (list 9, #30) was measured 5 years later on 3 Oct 1878.  Lewis Swift found this galaxy on 18 Nov 1884 and reported it as new in his second discovery list (#92) with description, "vF; pS; R."  Swift's RA was 19 seconds too small.  Both Stephan (1) and Swift (2) were credited in the NGC.  Herbert Howe commented in his series of NGC observations that "Swift calls this 'round', but to me it appeared much elongated at 180° [N-S]." Jermain Porter also measured an accurate micrometric position in 1906 at the Cincinnati Observatory.

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NGC 7352

22 39 46 +57 23 18; Cep

 

18" (9/24/05): at John Herschel's position is just a undistinguished scattered star field surrounding mag 8.5 HD 214833, set within a rich, low power Milky Way field.  Perhaps 50 stars are visible within a 15' circle, though the borders are pretty arbitrary.  There are no rich subgroupings although the background contains some unresolved Milky Way background glow.  This field does not appear to be eye-catching enough to be mentioned by Herschel, but apparently it was.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7352 = h2177 on 24 Sep 1829 and recorded "A star 9-10m, the chief of a p rich, vL, very coarse cluster."  His position corresponds with mag 8.5 HD 214833.  Based on its photographic appearance, Karl Reinmuth described this object as "a very dense region, Cl not well defined."  RNGC classifies the number as nonexistent.  See Corwin's identification notes for an alternative identification.

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NGC 7353 = PGC 85285

22 42 12.5 +11 52 38; Peg

V = 15.1;  Size 0.45'x0.45'

 

17.5" (8/25/95): very faint, small, round, 30" diameter, very weak concentration.  Can barely hold continuously with averted vision at 220x once identified using GSC chart.  Forms the NE corner of a nearly perfect rhombus with sides 2.7' with three mag 12-14 stars.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7353 = m 493 on 7 Aug 1864 and simply noted "eF".  There is nothing near his discovery position of 22 41 24 +11 56 (2000).  RNGC and RC3 misidentify UGC 12134 - which is 1.8 minutes of RA west and 10' S of Marth's position - as NGC 7353.

 

Harold Corwin suggests NGC 7353 may be KUG 2239+116 = PGC 85285.  This galaxy is 49 seconds of RA east and 3' south (or 11' ESE) of Marth's position.  Although closer to his position, this is still implies a large positional error, so the identification is very uncertain.  There is no listing for NGC 7353 in MCG, CGCG or RC3 or Reinmuth's photographic survey.

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NGC 7354 = PK 107+2.1 = PN G107.8+02.3

22 40 19.8 +61 17 06; Cep

V = 12.2;  Size 28"x20"

 

24" (8/30/16): at 375x; fairly bright, fairly small, slightly elongated SW-NE, ~25"x20".  The rim is brighter along the SE side and very slightly brighter along the NW side.  The rim dims on the NE side.  A mag 14 star is 0.5' SW, a mag 14-14.5 star is 0.8' W and a mag 15 star is 0.7' NW.  At 500x, the planetary clearly had a mottled appearance with what appeared to be several very small brighter spots that wink in and out.

 

18" (8/17/04): at 225x, moderately bright, fairly small, ~30" diameter.  A mag 14 star is just off the SW edge with a mag 14.5 star a bit further west.  At 435x appears slightly brighter along portions of the rim, particularly along the SE side.

 

17.5" (11/6/99): a fairly bright, 25" disc is visible at 100x with one or two stars very close.  At 280x, the PN is slightly elongated E-W, ~25"x20".  A mag 14 star is close off the SW edge, 30" from center and a mag 14.5 star is 0.6' due west.  At 380x, a mag 15-15.5 star is 0.6' WNW.  In addition, the surface brightness is noticeably irregular with hints of brighter areas.

 

13.1" (7/12/86): fairly bright, fairly small, slightly elongated.  A mag 14 star is just off the SW edge.  Pretty with a UHC filter at 166x, estimate V = 12.0.  Takes high power without a filter.

 

8": faint, small, round, but easily visible at 100x or higher and takes 200x. Very faint star is at the SW edge.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7354 = H. II-705 = h2178 on 3 Nov 1787 (sweep 773). He recorded "pretty bright, small, irregularly round, easily resolvable, almost of an equal light throughout."  John Herschel noted it was "bright enough to be noticed and caught in sweeping in full moonlight, with the moon on meridian; pretty gradually brighter middle; R; no nucleus seen."  NGC 7354 was the most northerly object observed with the Lord Rosse's 72", culminating 8° beyond the zenith.

 

 Sir William Huggins was the first to observe the spectrum (single emission line) in 1865.  Based on Crossley photographs taken at Lick, Heber Curtis (1918) reported "a somewhat irregular oval ring, fading out at each end, 22"x18" in p.a. 27°.  Outside this is a ring or disk of much fainter matter, rather more circular in form and 32" across from east to west.  This outer portion likewise is fainter at the ends of the major axis, and shows brighter streaks at the east and west edges."

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NGC 7355 = ESO 406-006 = AM 2240-370 = PGC 69587

22 43 30.4 -36 51 57; Gru

V = 14.3;  Size 1.0'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 43°

 

17.5" (8/26/00): at 220x, this was a marginal sighting as it appeared to pop into view a few times momentarily and I had the impression it was elongated.  Forms the north vertex of a small equilateral triangle with two mag 15 stars ~1.5' SW and SE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7355 = h3952 on 1 Sep 1834 and recorded "eeF; vS; R: a double star follows about 40 seconds on the parallel [east]."  There is nothing near his position, but Harold Corwin notes that exactly 1° north is ESO 406-006  = PGC 69587 and his description applies (a 30" pair follows by 40 seconds of time).  RNGC misses this identification and classifies the number as nonexistent.

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NGC 7356 = UGC 12159 = MCG +05-53-010 = CGCG 495-014 = PGC 69530

22 42 02.3 +30 42 32; Peg

V = 14.0;  Size 1.1'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 76°

 

17.5" (9/2/89): very faint, small, very elongated WSW-ENE.  A mag 14 star is at the edge 32" SSE from center.

 

Édouard Stephan probably discovered NGC 7356 = St. 13-94 on 31 Aug 1867.  His rough, uncorrected position was 25' SW of NGC 7356 and a similar distance NW of NGC 7357, so it's not clear which was seen on this date.  His published position in list 13 (#94) was reduced on 4 Oct 1883 (probably based on a later observation) with description "eeF; pS; R; weak gradual concentration; *13 attached to southeast."

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NGC 7357 = UGC 12162 = MCG +05-53-011 = CGCG 495-016 = PGC 69544

22 42 23.9 +30 10 17; Peg

V = 14.0;  Size 1.5'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.8;  PA = 120°

 

17.5" (9/2/89): very faint, small, round, 20" diameter.  A mag 14 star is just off the NW edge 25" from center.  View severely hampered by Eta Pegasi (V = 2.9) located 8' NE!

 

Édouard Stephan probably discovered NGC 7357 = St. 13-95 on 31 Aug 1867.  His rough, uncorrected position was 25' SW of NGC 7356 and a similar distance NW of NGC 7357, so it's not clear which was seen on this date.  His published position was reduced on 26 Sep 1883 (perhaps based on a later observation) with description "vF; eS; vF * inv."

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NGC 7358 = ESO 109-018 = LGG 462-005 = PGC 69664

22 45 36.4 -65 07 19; Tuc

V = 12.8;  Size 1.9'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 176°

 

30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x; fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 3:1 ~N-S, 1.2'x0.4', sharply concentrated with a very small, very bright nucleus.  A collinear trio of stars passes just north of the galaxy with the closest mag 13.5 star 0.8' NE.  Also a mag 13.8 star is 1.5' WSW.  Located 11' SW of the brighter double system IC 5250 in a group containing several IC galaxies.  IC 5247 lies 12' SE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7358 = h3953 on 20 Jul 1835 and recorded "F; S; R; bM; 15"."  His position is accurate though he missed IC 5250 11.6' NE, which is brighter than NGC 7358 and probably found earlier by Dunlop (D 255).

 

NGC 7358 was first photographed by DeLisle Stewart at Harvard's Arequipa Station between 1898 and 1901 and noted as "stellar nucleus with wisps at 175°."

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NGC 7359 = ESO 534-022 = MCG -04-53-034 = LGG 463-002 = PGC 69638

22 44 48.0 -23 41 17; Aqr

V = 12.5;  Size 2.3'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 55°

 

17.5" (10/5/91): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated, sharp concentration, bright core.  Located 7' NE of mag 8.5 HD 215298.  Unusual appearance as bright core dominates with very thin and faint extensions 4:1 SW-NE.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7359 = LM 1-256 on 14 Jul 1885 and reported "pF; vS; pmE; brighter middle to a nucleus."  His rough position (nearest min of RA) is less than 1 min of RA too far west and the description fits. Ormond Stone's corrected micrometric position (in the IC 1 Notes) is incorrect as he misidentified the comparison star.  Herbert Howe finally measured an accurate position in 1898-99 with the 20-inch refractor at Denver.

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NGC 7360 = UGC 12167 = MCG +01-58-001 = CGCG 404-036 = CGCG 405-002 = PGC 69591

22 43 34.0 +04 09 04; Peg

V = 13.6;  Size 0.7'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.0;  PA = 153°

 

17.5" (11/1/86): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated NW-SE, weak concentration, slightly fainter than NGC 7367 34' SE.  Located 16' NNW of mag 7.6 SAO 27714.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7360 = m 494 on 29 Aug 1864 and noted "eF, vS."  His position is fairly accurate.

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NGC 7361 = ESO 468-023 = MCG -05-53-027 = UGCA 434 = AM 2239-301 = IC 5237 = PGC 69539

22 42 18.1 -30 03 24; PsA

V = 12.3;  Size 3.8'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 5°

 

13.1" (9/22/84): faint, moderately large, very diffuse, very elongated 3:1 N-S.  A faint star is off the south end.  Located 5.4' ESE of mag 7.8 SAO 214019.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7361 = h3954 on 28 Sep 1834 and recorded "F; pL; vmE in meridian [N-S]; very gradually very little brighter middle."  There is nothing near his position, but exactly 2.0 min of RA west is ESO 468-023 = PGC 69539 and his description applies.  Lewis Swift probably found this galaxy again on 19 Jul 1897 at Echo Mountain and reported Sw. 12-40 (later IC 5237) as "eeeF; eeeS; eeeE; eee dif; a line.  8m * np."  Swift's position was also 2.4 minutes of time too small, but the description fits!  At age 77 Swift's positions were often very poor and he wasn't careful in checking prior discoveries, so the identification IC 5237 = NGC 7361 is nearly certain.

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NGC 7362 = UGC 12171 = MCG +01-58-002 = CGCG 405-003 = PGC 69602

22 43 49.3 +08 42 20; Peg

V = 12.7;  Size 1.1'x0.8';  Surf Br = 12.5;  PA = 175°

 

17.5" (8/1/87): fairly faint, small, almost round, brighter core.  An anonymous galaxy is 4' S.  There are several very faint companions on the POSS.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7362 = Sw. 4-85 on 2 Sep 1886 and recorded "vF; S; R; little brighter in the middle."  His position is fairly accurate.

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NGC 7363 = MCG +06-49-078 = CGCG 514-102 = LGG 459-004 = PGC 69580

22 43 18.4 +33 59 56; Peg

V = 13.8;  Size 1.1'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.8

 

17.5" (9/2/89): faint, fairly small, irregularly round.  A faint star mag 15 is involved at the SE side 17" from center and a second mag 15 star is off the east end.  UGC 12179 lies 22' E.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7363 on 27 Aug 1865 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.  His position is accurate and he mentioned a (wide) pair (~40") follows by 15 seconds and 1 1/2' north.

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NGC 7364 = UGC 12174 = MCG +00-58-001 = CGCG 379-002 = PGC 69630

22 44 24.4 -00 09 43; Aqr

V = 12.6;  Size 1.7'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 65°

 

17.5" (8/31/86): moderately bright, round, large brighter core surrounded by much fainter halo.  Located 30' SE of two mag 7 stars.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7364 = H. II-442 = h2179 on 1 Oct 1785 (sweep 447) and logged "eF, S, r.  240 confirmed it."  John Herschel made two observations, first logging it on 12 Sep 1830 (sweep 288) as "vF; S; R; pretty suddenly brighter middle; 15"."

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NGC 7365 = ESO 603-010 = MCG -03-58-001 = LGG 463-005 = PGC 69651

22 45 10.0 -19 57 07; Aqr

V = 12.8;  Size 1.5'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 34°

 

17.5" (10/5/91): moderately bright, small, bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 11 star is 2.9' NE and a mag 12 star 4.3' SE.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7365 = LM 1-257 in 1886 and recorded "mag 14.5; eS; R; gradually brighter middle to a nucleus; * 11 nf 4.0'."  His rough position (nearest min) was fairly accurate and a mag 12 star is 3' northeast.  Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1898-99 at Denver (repeated in the IC 2 Notes).

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NGC 7366 = MCG +02-58-004 = PGC 69629

22 44 26.6 +10 46 53; Peg

V = 14.7;  Size 0.4'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.7

 

17.5" (8/4/97): extremely faint, small, round, 20" diameter, very weak concentration.  Initially, I had a difficult time locating this object, but once identified could hold continuously with averted vision.  Located 2' WSW of a nice pair of mag 12/12.5 stars [25" separation] oriented N-S.

 

17.5" (8/20/88): not found.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7366 = m 495 on 7 Aug 1864 and noted "eF, S, stellar."  His position is 1' northwest of PGC 69629.

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NGC 7367 = UGC 12175 = MCG +00-58-002 = CGCG 379-003 = PGC 69633

22 44 34.4 +03 38 47; Peg

V = 13.8;  Size 1.5'x0.4';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 128°

 

17.5" (8/31/86): fairly faint, edge-on WNW-ESE.  A faint star is just off the east edge [19" ESE of center].  Located 12' WSW of mag 8.0 SAO 127735.

 

17.5" (11/1/86): similar appearance to observation of 8/31/86 but second very faint star suspected.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7367 = m 496 on 29 Aug 1864 and noted "eF, vS, irr. R, stell."  His position is less than 1' south of UGC 12175.  Heinrich d'Arrest independently discovered the galaxy a year later (30 Aug 1865) with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen and noted a faint double star followed by 16.5 seconds of time.

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NGC 7368 = ESO 345-049 = MCG -07-46-010 = LGG 461-002 = PGC 69661

22 45 31.4 -39 20 26; Gru

V = 12.3;  Size 3.0'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 130°

 

17.5" (7/20/96): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 1.0'x0.5'.  No concentration though viewed hampered by the very low elevation.  In good moments, appears up to 1.5'x0.5' in size.  Forms an isosceles triangle with two mag 13 stars 3.5' S and 3.5' WNW.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7368 = h3955 on 4 Oct 1836 and recorded "F; lE; gradually little brighter middle; 30" length."

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NGC 7369 = MCG +06-49-080 = CGCG 514-105 = CGCG 515-002 = IV Zw 113 = PGC 69619

22 44 12.3 +34 21 04; Peg

V = 14.1;  Size 0.9'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.6

 

17.5" (9/2/89): very faint, small, round.  Located between two mag 14 stars 0.7' SSW and 0.9' NE of center.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7369 on 29 Aug 1865 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.  He measured an accurate micrometric position on two nights and mentioned this object was between two stars of mag 14 and 15.

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NGC 7370 = PGC 69662

22 45 37.2 +11 03 28; Peg

V = 15.2;  Size 0.5'x0.2';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 132°

 

17.5" (8/20/88): extremely faint, very small, round, low even surface brightness.  A mag 14 star is 1.9' NNE.  On a line with NGC 7372 4.9' NNE and mag 7.5 SAO 108159 9.5' NNE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7370 = m 497, along with NGC 7372, on 7 Aug 1864 and noted "eF, vS."  His position is accurate to within 1'.

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NGC 7371 = MCG -02-58-001 = PGC 69677

22 46 03.7 -11 00 04; Aqr

V = 11.5;  Size 2.0'x2.0';  Surf Br = 12.9

 

24" (9/21/22): at 200x; fairly bright, relatively large, 1.0-1.5' diameter, strong concentration with a well defined bright core.  The halo has a mottled appearance suggesting spiral structure. A 20" pair of mag 14/15 stars is off the SE side.

 

13.1" (9/9/83): fairly faint, fairly small, round, weak concentration.  Located 10' N of mag 6.6 SAO 165285.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7371 = H. II-477 = h2180 on 28 Nov 1785 (sweep 479) and logged "pB; pL; iR; little brighter in the middle."  John Herschel made 5 observations, first reporting it on 9 Sep 1825 (sweep 9) as "F; R; 1' diam; no other near."

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NGC 7372 = MCG +02-58-005 = CGCG 430-004 = PGC 69670

22 45 46.0 +11 07 51; Peg

V = 13.4;  Size 1.0'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.0

 

17.5" (8/20/88): faint, small, slightly elongated ~E-W, slightly brighter core.

 

17.5" (9/19/87): fairly faint, small, round, diffuse, very weakly concentrated core.  Located 4.6' SSW of mag 7.5 SAO 108159 that detracts from viewing.  Pair with NGC 7370 4.9' SSW and MCG +02-58-009 is 13' ENE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7372 = m 498, along with NGC 7370, on 7 Aug 1864 and noted "F, S, irr R."  His position is accurate to within 1'.

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NGC 7373 = CGCG 379-004 = PGC 69688

22 46 19.4 +03 12 36; Peg

V = 13.6;  Size 1.2'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 160°

 

17.5" (8/31/86): fairly faint, small, round, increases to bright core with a sharp stellar nucleus.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7373 = m 499 on 11 Aug 1864 and noted "F, vS, bM, stellar."  His RA is 12 seconds too small.  Bigourdan measured an accurate position on 16 Aug 1890.

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NGC 7374 = (R)NGC 7374A = MCG +02-58-007 = CGCG 430-006 = Holm 798a = PGC 69676

22 46 01.0 +10 51 13; Peg

V = 13.7;  Size 0.9'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 177°

 

24" (7/29/16): at 260x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated E-W, broad weak concentration, ~30"x24".  Forms a close pair with virtually stellar IC 1452 [centers separated by 56"].  The companion was faint, but extremely compact (core only seen), so has a high surface brightness.  On a later observation (10/1/16), a very small halo (~6"-8") was visible using averted vision only.  This pair is is situated on the southwest end of ZwCl 2247.3+1107 (distance ~360 million l.y).  The core of the cluster contains NGC 7385 and 7386 and lies 1.2° NE.

 

17.5" (8/20/88): faint, small, slightly elongated ~E-W.  Forms a close pair with IC 1452 = NGC 7374B just 1' NNW.  IC 1452 appeared very faint, extremely small, round.

 

17.5" (9/19/87): faint, small, round, a mag 14 star is 30" N.  Forms a double system with IC 1452 = CGCG 430-005 57" NNW.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7374 = m 500 on 7 Aug 1864 and noted "vF, pL, R."  Marth's position is less than 1' north of CGCG 430-006 = PGC 69676. He missed the fainter companion (IC 1452) that was discovered by Bigourdan.

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NGC 7375 = MCG +03-58-003 = CGCG 453-007 = PGC 69695

22 46 32.0 +21 05 01; Peg

V = 13.6;  Size 1.0'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 60°

 

17.5" (9/2/89): faint, very small, slightly elongated ~E-W, very small or stellar nucleus.

 

Truman Safford discovered NGC 7375 = Sf. 57 = Sw. 4-86 on 1 Oct 1866 with the 18.5-inch Clark refractor at the Dearborn Observatory and recorded "vS, R, bM, N = 13m."  Lewis Swift independently rediscovered the galaxy on 2 Sep 1886. Swift's position is 12 seconds of RA west of CGCG 453-007 = PGC 69695 and his comment "forms equilateral triangle with 2 st, one the brighter" applies. Swift is credited with the discovery in the NGC.  Bigourdan measured an accurate position on 5 Oct 1888 (Comptes Rendus, 22 Jul 1901).

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NGC 7376 = CGCG 379-006 = PGC 69715

22 47 17.4 +03 38 44; Peg

V = 14.4;  Size 0.7'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 40°

 

17.5" (8/31/86): very faint, small, round, diffuse.  A mag 14 star is very close off the north edge 0.8' N of center.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7376 = m 501 on 29 Aug 1864 and noted "eF, vS, R."  His position is 1' too far south.

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NGC 7377 = ESO 534-026 = MCG -04-53-038 = LGG 463-004 = PGC 69733

22 47 47.4 -22 18 38; Aqr

V = 11.1;  Size 3.0'x2.5';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 101°

 

17.5" (10/5/91): fairly bright, fairly small, slightly elongated ~E-W, 1' diameter, gradually increases to a small bright core.  A group of stars lies south and mag 8.5 SAO 191412 is 11' N.  Brightest in a loose group (LGG 463) including NGC 7359, NGC 7365, NGC 7392 and IC 5261.

 

8" (9/25/81): faint, small, round, diffuse.  Two mag 9 stars 6' NNW and 10' N are aligned N-S.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7377 = H. II-598 = h2181 on 13 Oct 1786 (sweep 609) and recorded "pretty bright, pretty large, irregularly round, very gradually much brighter middle."  The discovery was his first using the "front-view" configuration (adopted as the primary method after an earlier experiment in 1783), viewing at the front edge of his tube and bypassing the need for a secondary for extra light gain. This required tilting the primarily slightly.

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NGC 7378 = MCG -02-58-005 = PGC 69734

22 47 47.7 -11 49 00; Aqr

V = 12.7;  Size 1.5'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 175°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, large brighter center.  Located 3.6' WNW of mag 8.5 SAO 165304.

 

Wilhelm Tempel discovered NGC 7378 = T. 4-10 on 19 Sep 1879 and first reported it the narrative part of his third paper (AN 2284).

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NGC 7379 = UGC 12187 = MCG +07-46-018 = CGCG 531-013 = PGC 69724

22 47 33.0 +40 14 20; Lac

V = 13.4;  Size 1.1'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 90°

 

17.5" (7/28/92): faint, small, round, broad weak concentration.  Collinear with two mag 13.5 stars 20" SE and 1.5' SE.  Previously observed UGC 12188 22'S.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7379 = St. 8a-24 on 19 Sep 1876 and recorded "eeF; vS; R; little brighter in the middle."  He reduced an accurate position 3 days later and included it in his list 8a (#24), published in 1877.  A later observation was made on 24 Sep 1878.

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NGC 7380 = Sh 2-142 = LBN 511 = Ced 206 = Cr 452 = Wizard Nebula

22 47 21 +58 07 54; Cep

V = 7.2;  Size 30'x20'

 

17.5" (10/30/99): Using 100x (with both an OIII and UHC filter) a bright triangular-shaped nebulosity (Sh 2-142) of 8'-10' diameter is superimposed on a rich cluster of stars (NGC 7380).  All within a rich Milky Way field.  A wide strip of nebulosity is attached near the southeast vertex and extends to the southwest.  A dark band appears to separate this strip from the triangular patch. The surrounding region appears weakly nebulous and the "edge" can be traced with some certainty further the north.  The brightest star is mag 8.5 DH Cep at the west vertex of the cluster.  This star is a very rare spectroscopic eclipsing pair of massive O5.5/O6.5-type stars and the main ionizing source.

 

17.5" (7/31/92): at 100x, about 40 stars in a 10' diameter.  The brighter stars form a "V" or chevron pattern.  The brightest star is at the west tip of the "V" and is an unequal double mag 8.6/13.  The cluster appears to be encased in nebulosity especially from the mag 8.6 star to the star at the east tip of the "V".  Using an OIII filter the nebulosity was quite prominent with some structure and encased the entire cluster.  A lane of nebulosity oriented SW-NE extends beyond the cluster from the star at the east end of the "V" and nebulosity also extends west of the mag 8.6 star.  The double star STT 480 = 7.6/8.6 at 30" is in the field to the west.

 

13.1" (10/26/80): ~30-35 stars in a triangular outline, 10'-12' in diameter but not rich.

 

Caroline Herschel discovered NGC 7380 = H. VIII-77 = h2182 on 7 Aug 1787 with her 4.2" comet-sweeper reflector.  She recorded it as #19 in her discovery list and noted "I saw a nebulous patch in a line from Epsilong Cephei continued through Delta towards 1st and 2nd Flamsteed Cassiopeia."   William rediscovered the cluster on sweep 876 with his 18.7" (1 Nov 1788) and logged "a Cl of coarsely scattered stars 7' or 8' diameter."  Dreyer credited Caroline with the discovery in the NGC.

 

John Herschel made two observations.  On 24 Sep 1829 (sweep 211) he logged "a L, p rich, v coarse cl of stars 9.10 m and below."  Again 6 nights later (sweep 214) he swept it as "A double star, the chief of a fine, p rich, L cluster, 10' dia; stars 9...13m."

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NGC 7381 = ESO 603-017 = MCG -03-58-007a = PGC 69828

22 50 08.2 -19 43 30; Aqr

V = 14.2;  Size 0.7'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 123°

 

17.5" (9/23/95): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated 4:3 ~E-W, 40"x30", very little concentration.  Can hold steadily with averted once identified.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7381 = LM 1-258 on 9 Oct 1885 and recorded "eF; vS; R; gradually brighter in the middle."  His rough position (nearest min of RA) is 1 minutes of time too small and 2' of dec too small.

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NGC 7382 = ESO 406-015 = MCG -06-50-005 = PGC 69840

22 50 23.9 -36 51 26; Gru

V = 13.6;  Size 1.2'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.5;  PA = 109°

 

17.5" (8/4/97): very faint, very elongated, ~1.0'x0.3', no concentration.  View hampered by the low elevation in the sky.  Has an unusual appearance as a mag 12 star is attached at the NW edge [0.6' from center] and the elongated ghostly galaxy appears to hang from the star towards the SE!

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7382 = h3956 on 1 Sep 1834 and recorded "eF; vS; R: appended (sf 45°, dist 30") to a * 12m; place taken that of the star."

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NGC 7383 = MCG +02-58-014 = CGCG 430-012 = WBL 688-001 = PGC 69809

22 49 35.6 +11 33 23; Peg

V = 13.7;  Size 0.8'x0.7';  Surf Br = 12.9

 

24" (7/30/16): at 260x; fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, round, 25" diameter, gradually increases to center but no well defined core or nucleus.  Located 5.6' SW of NGC 7385, the brightest member of the group (WBL 688) of 6 NGC galaxies.  PGC 69819 (misidentified as NGC 7385 in the RNGC) lies 2.5' E.  It appeared very faint, very small, round, 10" diameter.

 

18" (10/21/06): faint, small, irregularly round, ~25" diameter, very small slightly brighter core.  First in a group of 6 NGC galaxies (brightest member NGC 7385). PGC 69819, just 2.5' E, appeared extremely faint and small, round, 10" diameter.

 

17.5" (7/4/86): faint, small, slightly elongated, brighter core.  Located 5.6' SW of NGC 7385 in a group.

 

Bindon Blood Stoney discovered NGC 7383, along with NGC 7387 and 7389, on 27 Nov 1850.  It was labeled Beta on the diagram of the group and placed it 5.5' southwest (PA = 235°) of NGC 7385.  In 1875 Dreyer called it "vF, vS, R, south of 3 stars nearly in a line of which the middle one is in Pos 333.9° at 146.6"."  Heinrich d'Arrest independently discovered this galaxy on 19 Sep 1862 and measured an accurate position.

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NGC 7384

22 49 42.6 +11 29 15; Peg

V = 15.7

 

24" (7/30/16): at 260x; continuously visible mag 15.7 star situated 4.5' SSE of NGC 7383.  It forms the northern vertex of a small triangle with a mag 11.7 star 1.0' SSW and a mag 14 star 40" SE.  RNGC and PGC misidentify PGC 69819 as NGC 7384.  This galaxy, situated 2.5' E of NGC 7383, appeared very faint, very small, round, 10" diameter.

 

18" (10/21/06): PGC 69819 is extremely faint and small, round, 10" diameter, requires averted to glimpse and faintest member of the NGC 7385 group.

 

17.5" (7/4/86): PGC 69819 is extremely faint, very small, round.  The faintest member of the NGC 7385 group is located 4.0' SW of NGC 7385 and 2.5' E of NGC 7383.  This galaxy is identified as NGC 7384 in the RNGC and PGC although the number more likely applies to a faint star at Lord Rosse's position.

 

Bindon Blood Stoney discovered NGC 7384 on 27 Nov 1850 in an observation of NGC 7385/7386 group.  It was placed southeast of NGC 7383 on the diagram of the cluster but not labeled.  Offsets were measured four other nebulae, but not to NGC 7384.  Dreyer's comment "5' nf 7383" in the NGC is incorrect.

 

RNGC, PGC and SIMBAD misidentify PGC 69819 (due east of NGC 7383) as NGC 7384.  Harold Corwin identifies NGC 7384 with a star (position given here) about 5' southeast of NGC 7383, although there are several other nearby stars that may as well be Stoney's star.

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NGC 7385 = UGC 12207 = MCG +02-58-017 = CGCG 430-015 = WBL 688-002 = PGC 69824

22 49 54.7 +11 36 30; Peg

V = 12.0;  Size 1.5'x1.3';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 36°

 

24" (7/30/16): at 260x; moderately to fairly bright, slightly elongated SW-NE, ~1.3'x1.0', moderate concentration with a bright core that gradually increases to the center.  A mag 11.5 is just off the NW edge, 1.0' from center.  Brightest in a group (WBL 688, the core of ZwCl 2247.3+1107 at roughly 360 million l.y.) with 6 NGC galaxies and numerous additional fainter galaxies.  Only slightly fainter NGC 7386 is 5.8' NNE.

 

18" (10/21/06): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 4:3 SW-NE.  Appears similar to NGC 7386, though slightly larger and brighter.  Contains a bright, 25" core and a much fainter halo.  A mag 10.8 star is just off the northwest side, 1' from the center.  Brightest in a compact group of 7 galaxies (not rich enough to qualify as an Abell cluster). 

 

17.5" (7/4/86): moderately bright, broadly concentrated halo, small bright core, slightly elongated ~N-S.  A mag 11 star is 1.0' NW.  Brightest in a group with NGC 7383 5.6' SW, NGC 7384 ~5' SSW, NGC 7386 5.8' NNE, NGC 7387 5.9' ENE, NGC 7389 5.9' ESE and NGC 7390 7.7' SE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7385 = H. III-216 = h2183, along NGC 7386, on 18 Oct 1784 (sweep 297).  He described both as "Two, vF, S, R, r, about 5' distant from each other.  The position is that of the last or north following [NGC 7386]."  On 23 Nov 1785 (sweep 476) he noted "vF, pS, R, very little brighter middle, not far south of a small star." John Herschel made two observations and recorded on 9 Oct 1830 (sweep 304), "pB; R; 20"; has a *11m near.  The preceding of two neb.  The * by diagram is 1 radius of the neb np its edge."

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NGC 7386 = UGC 12209 = MCG +02-58-018 = CGCG 430-016 = WBL 688-003 = PGC 69825

22 50 02.2 +11 41 54; Peg

V = 12.3;  Size 1.8'x1.1';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 150°

 

24" (7/30/16): at 260; moderately bright and large, oval 3:2 NW-SE, ~1.2'x0.8', well concentrated with a bright, round 25" core.  One of the two brightest galaxies in a group (WBL 688) with NGC 7385 5.7' SSW.

 

18" (10/21/06): fairly faint to moderately bright, irregularly round, outer extent varies with averted vision though roughly 1.2'x1.0' diameter.  Contains a brighter, 20" core surrounded by a very low surface brightness halo that was difficult to trace.  NGC 7835 lies 5.8' SSW.

 

17.5" (7/4/86): fairly faint, slightly elongated NNW-SSE, very small bright core.  Located 5.8' NNE of NGC 7385 in a galaxy group and appears as a slightly fainter version of NGC 7385.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7386 = H. III-216 = h2184, along NGC 7385, on 18 Oct 1784 (sweep 297) and recorded both as "Two, vF, S, R, r, about 5' distant from each other.  The position is that of the last or north following [NGC 7386]."  On 23 Nov 1785 (sweep 476) he noted "vF, pS, R, very little brighter middle."  John Herschel made two observations and recorded on sweep 9 Oct 1830 (sweep 304), "pB; S; R; pretty gradually brighter middle."

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NGC 7387 = MCG +02-58-022 = CGCG 430-019 = WBL 688-005 = PGC 69834

22 50 17.6 +11 38 12; Peg

V = 14.0;  Size 0.7'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 48°

 

24" (7/30/16): at 260x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated SW-NE, 25"x20", contains a very small bright nucleus.  In a group (WBL 688) of 6 NGC galaxies with NGC 7389 4.3' S, brighter NGC 7386 5.4' NW and brighter NGC 7385 5.9' WSW.  A wide pair of mag 10.5/11 stars lies 4' SE and the two stars "point" to the galaxy.

 

18" (10/21/06): faint, small, slightly elongated, 25"x20", very small bright core.  Collinear with a pair of mag 10.5-11 stars (40" separation) that are located ~4' ESE.  Similar distance from NGC 7386 5' NW and NGC 7385 6' SW.

 

17.5" (7/4/86): faint, very small, slightly elongated, gradually increases to a very small bright core.  Located 5.9' ENE of NGC 7385 in a rich galaxy group.  NGC 7389 lies 4.2' S and NGC 7386 5.3' NW.

 

Bindon Blood Stoney discovered NGC 7387, along with NGC 7383 and 7389, on 27 Nov 1850.  It was labeled Delta on the diagram of the group with an offset of 5' 44" east-northeast (PA = 73°) from NGC 7385.  Heinrich d'Arrest independently discovered this galaxy on 19 Sep 1862, measured an accurate position, and was credited with the discovery in the GC (John Herschel was confused with the identifications).  Both Lord Rosse and d'Arrest were credited in the NGC.

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NGC 7388

22 50 21.0 +11 42 39; Peg

V = 15.9;  PA = 29°

 

24" (7/30/16): at 260x; at the discovery position is a single 16th magnitude star.  It was visible as a very faint star 4.7' ENE of NGC 7386 and 4.5' NNE of NGC 7387.

 

Lawrence Parsons, the 4th Earl of Rosse, discovered NGC 7388 on 11 Oct 1873 in the NGC 7385 group.  His micrometric offsets from GC 4847 = NGC 7387 points precisely to a very faint star, whose position is given here.

 

RNGC and SIMBAD misidentifies PGC 69832 as NGC 7388.  This extremely faint galaxy is located just 1.5' north of Parsons' star and was too faint to see in my observation of 4 Jul 1986.  Malcolm Thomson discusses the identification in his unpublished Catalogue Corrections as well as Harold Corwin at the NGC/IC Project.

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NGC 7389 = MCG +02-58-019 = CGCG 430-018 = WBL 688-004 = PGC 69836

22 50 16.0 +11 33 58; Peg

V = 13.8;  Size 1.4'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.9;  PA = 144°

 

24" (7/30/16): at 260x; fairly faint, oval NNW-SSE, 0.7'x0.5', broad concentration, slightly brighter core gradually increases to the center.  Member of the NGC 7385 Group = WBL 688 with NGC 7390 2.3' SSE, NGC 7387 4.3' N and NGC 7385 6' NW.

 

18" (10/21/06): this member of the NGC 7385 group appeared faint, small, round, 30" diameter, broad concentration to a slightly brighter core.  Located 6' SE of NGC 7385.  NGC 7390 lies 2.3' SSE.

 

17.5" (7/4/86): faint, very small, brighter core, slightly elongated.  Located 5.9' ESE of NGC 7385 in a rich galaxy group.  Appears similar to NGC 7387 4.2' N.  Forms a close pair with NGC 7390 2.3' SSE.

 

Bindon Blood Stoney discovered NGC 7389, along with NGC 7383 and 7384, on 27 Nov 1850.  It was unlabeled on the diagram of the group and not very accurately placed. John Herschel apparently thought it was Delta (NGC 7387), resulting in a poor position in the GC and NGC.  Dreyer measured an offset and position angle from NGC 7390 on 11 Oct 1873.

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NGC 7390 = MCG +02-58-020 = CGCG 430-020 = WBL 688-006 = PGC 69837

22 50 19.6 +11 31 52; Peg

V = 14.1;  Size 0.9'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.8;  PA = 3°

 

24" (7/30/16): at 260x; faint to fairly faint, small, round, 15" diameter, fairly low even surface brightness.  Situated 3.3' NNW of mag 9.3 SAO 108210 and 2.3' SSE of NGC 7789 in the NGC 7385 Group = WBL 688.

 

18" (10/21/06): very faint, very small, round, 15" diameter, low surface brightness.  Located 2.3' SSE of NGC 7389 and furthest southeast of a compact group of galaxies (brightest member NGC 7385).

 

17.5" (7/4/86): very faint, very small, round, low even surface brightness.  Located 7.7' SE of NGC 7385 in a rich, compact galaxy group.  Forms a close pair with brighter NGC 7389 3.3' NNW.

 

R.J. Mitchell discovered NGC 7390 on 9 Sep 1856 while examining the NGC 7385 group.  He noted, "the 2 last sf ones [NGC 7389 and 7390] are vvF".  NGC 7390 was misidentified as GC 4848 [NGC 7389] in the offsets measured on 11 Oct 1873.  d'Arrest missed NGC 7390 when he observed the cluster.  The (estimated) NGC position is 3' too far north; a similar offset error occurred with NGC 7389.

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NGC 7391 = UGC 12211 = MCG +00-58-006 = CGCG 379-008 = PGC 69847

22 50 36.1 -01 32 37; Aqr

V = 12.0;  Size 1.7'x1.5';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 70°

 

17.5": moderately bright, small, round, bright core, stellar nucleus.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7391 = H. II-443 = h2185 on 1 Oct 1785 (sweep 447) and recorded "F, vS, stellar, about 1 1/2' south of small star."  John Herschel made two observations, first logging it on 12 Sep 1830 as "pF; R; pretty suddenly brighter middle; 50...70"; has a * np; pos by micrometer = 350.3°."

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NGC 7392 = ESO 603-022 = MCG -04-53-040 = LGG 463-008 = PGC 69887

22 51 48.7 -20 36 26; Aqr

V = 11.9;  Size 2.1'x1.3';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 123°

 

17.5" (10/24/92): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 5:3 WNW-ESE, 1.4'x0.8', moderately brighter core.  Several stars are near including a mag 10.5 star 4.5' N.  A pair of mag 13/14 stars 1.6' N and 2.2' N are collinear with NGC 7392 and finally a mag 12 star lies 2.6' ESE.  Member of the NGC 7377 group (LGG 463) including IC 5261 40' ENE and NGC 7365 1.7° WNW.

 

8" (9/25/81): faint, small, slightly elongated.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7392 = H. II-702 = h2186 on 11 Sep 1787 (sweep 754).  He recorded "pretty faint, pretty large, elongated from np to sf but nearer the parallel, much brighter middle, about 1 1/2' long."  John Herschel made 3 observations and on 3 Sep 1831 logged "not vF; lE; gradually brighter in the middle; 60" l, 40" br."

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NGC 7393 = Arp 15 = VV 68 = MCG -01-58-002 = PGC 69874

22 51 38.1 -05 33 26; Aqr

V = 12.9;  Size 2.0'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 90°

 

48" (11/5/21): at 488x; bright, fairly large with a highly irregular appearance. The outer halo extended nearly 3:1 E-W, ~1.8'x0.6'.  The brightest region is a prominent oval N-S situated just west of the geometric  center.  The core was seen as a small, slightly brighter patch attached on its east side.  An elongated low surface brightness and diffuse halo extended ~0.5' to the west.

 

Two parallel "arms", roughly 0.5' in length, extended due east from the brightest region.  These "tails" bent towards each other on the east end, but didn't connect.  The southern arm as longer due to a dim extension to the east and the northern arm appeared patchy. The arms were clearly separated by a darker void.

 

17.5" (9/15/90): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 E-W, broad concentration.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7393 = H. II-453 = h2187 on 5 Oct 1785 (sweep 455) and recorded "F, pL, E in the parallel [E-W], r."  John Herschel logged it as "eF; R; very gradually brighter middle; sky dull." and measured an accurate position.

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NGC 7394

22 50 11.8 +52 10 03; Lac

 

17.5" (9/26/92): bright group of two dozen stars mag 9-13 in a 10' scattered field.  Very elongated in a string NW-SE.  Includes 10 stars mag 9-11 with a mag 7 star off the SSE end and a similar star 10' NNE.  This group is probably an asterism.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7394 = h2188 on 12 Sep 1829 and logged "A double star, the last of a poor cluster of about a dozen stars."  His position corresponds with this bright cluster or asterism.  Reinmuth calls it "a few pB stars north preceding of BD+51°3485."  RNGC classifies the number as nonexistent, despite the fact it is quite striking on the DSS.

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NGC 7395 = UGC 12216 = MCG +06-50-006 = CGCG 515-008 = PGC 69861

22 51 02.9 +37 05 16; Lac

V = 13.8;  Size 1.2'x1.1';  Surf Br = 14.0

 

17.5" (10/5/91): faint, small, round, weak concentration.  A mag 13 star is off the NW edge 0.9' from center.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7395 = St. 5-8 on 4 Sep 1872, logging a rough position 7' to the west.  His published discovery position (list 5, #8) was made on 21 Aug 1873 with description "eF; vS; R; condensation in the centre."

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NGC 7396 = UGC 12220 = MCG +00-58-007 = CGCG 379-010 = WBL 689-001 = PGC 69889

22 52 22.6 +01 05 33; Psc

V = 12.8;  Size 1.9'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 103°

 

48" (10/25/14): very bright, fairly large, elongated 2:1 WNW-ESE, 1.7'x0.8', contains a very bright core that increases to an small, intense nucleus.  An obvious dust lane extends along the major axis for most of the length of the galaxy, passing just south of the core.  PGC 194158 lies 1.5' N ("faint, small, round, 15" diameter") and PGC 214871 is 3.2' SW ("fairly faint, small, round, 18" diameter").

 

17.5" (7/22/87 and 8/21/87): moderately bright, oval ~E-W, moderately large, brighter core.  Brightest in a group of five or six galaxies including NGC 7401 9.5' ENE, NGC 7402 11' ENE, NGC 7397 6.5' ENE and NGC 7398 9.3' NE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7396 = h2189 on 12 Oct 1827 and recorded "pF; irreg R; bM; 60"; r."  His mean position from two observations is accurate.  The four fainter NGC galaxies to the northeast were discovered by Lord Rosse's assistants in 1856-57.

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NGC 7397 = MCG +00-58-008 = CGCG 379-011 = PGC 69904

22 52 46.7 +01 07 58; Psc

V = 14.2;  Size 0.7'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 30°

 

17.5" (7/22/87 and 8/21/87): faint, very small, elongated NW-SE, brighter core.  Located 6.5' ENE of NGC 7396 in a group with NGC 7398 4.2' N, NGC 7401 3.0' ENE and NGC 7402 4.5' ENE.

 

R.J. Mitchell discovered NGC 7397, along with NGC 7401 and 7398, while observing NGC 7396 at Birr Castel on 2 Oct 1856.  He noted "about 5' nf [of NGC 7396] is another neb, pF, S, R, bM and f[ollowing] the latter are 2 vF, S, R neb knots."  A sketch was made on 23 Oct 1857 and NGC 7397 was labeled "C".  On 22 Dec 1876, Dreyer measured micrometric offsets to NGC 7397 from a mag 12 star 3.8' northeast of NGC 7396.

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NGC 7398 = UGC 12225 = MCG +00-58-009 = CGCG 379-012 = PGC 69905

22 52 49.3 +01 12 04; Psc

V = 13.6;  Size 1.2'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 75°

 

17.5" (8/21/87): fairly faint, small, small bright core.

 

17.5" (7/22/87): fairly faint, very small, slightly elongated, stellar nucleus.  Located 4.2' N of NGC 7397 and 9.3' NE of NGC 7396 in a group.

 

R.J. Mitchell discovered NGC 7398, along with NGC 7397 and 7401, while observing NGC 7396 at Birr Castle on 2 Oct 1856.  A sketch was made on 23 Oct 1857 with NGC 7398 labeled "B".  On 22 Oct 1876, Dreyer measured micrometric offsets to NGC 7398 from a mag 12 star 3.8' northeast of NGC 7396.

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NGC 7399 = MCG -02-58-006 = PGC 69902

22 52 39.3 -09 16 04; Aqr

V = 13.7;  Size 1.0'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 150°

 

17.5" (8/7/91): faint, small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, bright core.  A mag 13 star is 1.1' N.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7399 = Sw. 2-93 on 15 Nov 1884 and recorded "eF; pL; mistaken for Barnard's Comet 1884 II."  There is nothing at his position, but 22 seconds of RA west and 1' south is MCG -02-58-006 = PGC 69902.  Herbert Howe measured an accurate position at the Chamberlin Observatory in Denver in 1898-99 (repeated in the IC 2 Notes).

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NGC 7400 = ESO 290-022 = AM 2251-453 = PGC 69967

22 54 20.8 -45 20 49; Gru

V = 12.8;  Size 2.6'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 2°

 

30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x; fairly bright, fairly large, very elongated 7:2 N-S, 1.5'x0.4', broad weak concentration.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7400 = h3957 on 6 Sep 1834 and recorded "pF; lE; gradually little brighter middle.  Query if it has not a vS * involved."  His Cape position is very accurate, though an error was made and the position in the GC (copied into the NGC) is 30 seconds of time too small.

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NGC 7401 = MCG +00-58-010 = CGCG 379-013 = PGC 69911

22 52 58.5 +01 08 33; Psc

V = 14.8;  Size 0.9'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.9;  PA = 90°

 

17.5" (8/21/87 and 8/27/87): extremely faint, very small, round, weak concentration.  Forms a close pair with NGC 7402 1.5' E.  Located in a group 3.0' ENE of NGC 7397 and 9.5' ENE of brightest member NGC 7396.  Identification reversed with NGC 7402 in the RNGC and not identified as NGC 7401 in the CGCG.

 

R.J. Mitchell discovered NGC 7401, along with NGC 7397 and 7398, while observing NGC 7396 at Birr Castle on 2 Oct 1856.  A sketch was made on 23 Oct 1857 and NGC 7401 was labeled "D", along with a companion just following that was labeled as "E" (NGC 7402).  The sketch identifies NGC 7401 = CGCG 379-013 (described here) and NGC 7402 = PGC 69914.

 

MCG, RC3 and DSFG all mislabel NGC 7401 as NGC 7402.  CGCG doesn't attach a NGC designation to CGCG 379-013.  RNGC and the first edition of the Deep Sky Field Guide reverse the identifications of NGC 7401 and 7402.  The correct identifications are sorted out in my RNGC Corrections #2.

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NGC 7402 = PGC 69914

22 53 04.5 +01 08 40; Psc

V = 15.7;  Size 0.6'x0.4';  Surf Br = 13.9;  PA = 50°

 

17.5" (8/27/87): extremely faint and small, round, at visual threshold.  Forms a difficult pair with NGC 7401 1.5' W and last in a group.  Forms a near equilateral triangle with NGC 7398 5' NE and NGC 7397 4.5' W.  Appears just nonstellar on the POSS.

 

R.J. Mitchell discovered NGC 7402 with LdR's 72" at Birr Castle on 23 Oct 1857.  This object is labeled "E" on the sketch and is shown on a line with "C" [NGC 7397] and "D" [NGC 7401].  Mitchell noted, however, "E is doubtful and needs confirmation."  Because of this comment, John Herschel didn't assign a GC designation but Dreyer added it in the NGC.  Mitchell's sketch matches the position and orientation of PGC 69914, an unusually faint NGC galaxy!

 

The galaxy identified as NGC 7402 in RNGC, MCG, PGC and RC3 is NGC 7401.  NGC 7401 is the brighter of the close pair and is close west of NGC 7402.  See NGC 7401 and my RNGC Corrections #2.

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NGC 7403

22 53 06.4 +01 28 56; Psc

 

= *, Corwin.  = IC 1455?, Burnham.

 

Sidney Coolidge discovered NGC 7403 = HN 22 on 15 Nov 1859 with the 15-inch refractor of Harvard College Observatory during the Zone Survey of equatorial stars.  He simply noted "slightly nebulous" with a rough position (measured in 1 of 2 zones).  As a result, Herschel didn't include this object in the GC but Dreyer added it in the  GC Supplement (#6092).  A mag 13.4 star is close to Coolidge's position at 22 53 06.4 +01 28 57 (J2000), which Harold Corwin equates with NGC 7403.  All 9 of Coolidge's discoveries are stars (single or multiple).

 

In searching for this object, Sherburne Burnham found a nearby galaxy that he felt was probably NGC 7403.  Dreyer catalogued it as IC 1455 (also observed by Spitaler).  IC 1455 is 40 sec of RA east of Coolidge's rough position and 6.6' south.

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NGC 7404 = ESO 346-010 = MCG -07-47-001 = IC 5260? = PGC 69964

22 54 18.6 -39 18 54; Gru

V = 12.8;  Size 1.5'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 2°

 

18" (10/25/08): faint, fairly small, elongated 5:3 N-S, 0.4'x0.25', very small brighter core.  Located 22' NNW of the bright edge-on NGC 7410 and 11' NE of mag 7.3 HD 216443.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7404 = h3958 on 4 Oct 1836 and recorded "vF; S; R; 15"."  His position matches ESO 346-010 = PGC 69964.  Lewis Swift possibly rediscovered this galaxy on 19 Jul 1897 and recorded Sw. 12-41 (later IC 5260) as "eeF; pS; R; 9m star nr sp; ee dif."  Swift's position is two degrees south and 0.3 minutes of RA east of NGC 7404 but has a mag 7.3 star 11' SW, consistent with the description.  IC 5260 may also be a reobservation of NGC 7421, which is 2.3 min of RA due east of his position and has a mag 10.9 star to its southwest.

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NGC 7405

22 53 36 +12 28 36; Peg

 

= Not found, Corwin.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7405 = m 502 on 5 Sep 1864 and noted "eF, S, R."  There is nothing near his position and Harold Corwin was unable to recover this object.  See Corwin's notes.

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NGC 7406 = MCG -01-58-003 = PGC 69947

22 53 56.2 -06 34 45; Aqr

V = 13.5;  Size 1.1'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 75°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): faint, small, oval 2:1 WSW-ENE, even surface brightness.  A mag 13.5 star is off the WSW end 1.8' from center.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7406 = m 503 on 25 Aug 1864 and noted "F, S, lE."  His position was 1' too far north.  Édouard Stephan made an observation on 28 Aug 1872, likely aware of Marth's discovery.

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NGC 7407 = UGC 12230 = MCG +05-54-002 = CGCG 495-042 = CGCG 496-005 = PGC 69922

22 53 21.1 +32 07 46; Peg

V = 13.2;  Size 2.0'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.7;  PA = 152°

 

18" (9/16/09): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, 0.6'x0.3', very weak concentration, no core or zones.

 

A 20' string of faint galaxies oriented N-S follows, including UGC 12238 14' NE (closest).  All the galaxies in the nearby string, including NGC 7407, have identical redshifts of z = .022, so are members of the same group or cluster (USGC U825) within the Pisces-Perseus Supercluster.

 

17.5" (9/2/89): fairly faint, fairly small, oval NNW-SSE, almost even surface brightness.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7407 = St. 5-9 on 4 Sep 1872, logging a rough position 6' to the west.  His published discovery position (list 5, #9) was made the following year on 13 Sep 1873 with description "eF; vS; vaporous."

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NGC 7408 = ESO 109-026 = LGG 462-007 = PGC 70037

22 55 56.9 -63 41 41; Tuc

V = 12.6;  Size 1.5'x1.2';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 167°

 

30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x; moderately bright, fairly large, irregularly round, ~1.25'x1.0'. There is a hint of a central bar ~N-S, but no well-defined core.  The outer halo has an irregular surface brightness with a hint of structure and extends further on the east side.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7408 = h3959 on 1 Nov 1834 and recorded "pB; R; very gradually little brighter middle; 40"."  His position is accurate.

 

Donald Menzel misclassified this object as a planetary with diameter 72" in "Five New Planetary Nebula", Harvard Bulletin 772, 1922.   Evans & Thackeray (1950) imaged NGC 7408 with the 74-inch Radcliffe telescope in Pretoria, South Africa and reported "the object is a barred spiral with a line of condensations or giant stars crossing it."

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NGC 7409 = CGCG 453-018 = PGC 69939

22 53 48.1 +20 12 37; Peg

V = 14.5;  Size 0.55'x0.45';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 160°

 

17.5" (9/2/89): extremely faint and small, round.  A mag 13 star 1.2' NW.  Located 11' WSW NGC 7411 in a group.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7409 = m 504, along with NGC 7411 and 7415, on 20 Sep 1863 and simply noted "eF".  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7410 = ESO 346-012 = MCG -07-47-002 = PGC 69994

22 55 00.7 -39 39 42; Gru

V = 10.3;  Size 5.2'x1.6';  Surf Br = 12.5;  PA = 45°

 

18" (10/25/08): bright, large, very elongated 7:2 SW-NE, ~3.0'x0.9'.  Contains a bright, round core ~25" diameter, which gradually increases to a very bright nucleus.  At moments a stellar nucleus was visible that appeared offset to the southwest of center.  The surface appeared irregular or curdled (perhaps due to dust or spiral arms).  NGC 7404 lies 23' NNW.

 

17.5" (10/20/90): fairly bright, fairly large, elongated 3:1 SW-NE, well concentrated to a small very bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 12 star is 1.8' NNE of center.  Appears bright for such a far southern galaxy (observed from +38° latitude).

 

8" (7/24/82): faint, moderately large, very elongated SW-NE.

 

James Dunlop discovered NGC 7410 = D 518 = h3960 on 14 Jul 1826.  His summary description based on two observations reads, "a very faint nebula extended preceding and following, about 1.5' long and 20 or 25 arcseconds broad; a little brighter in the middle, or rather nearer the N.p. extremity; the S.f. extremity is very ill defined."  His handwritten notes specify the elongaton is SW-NE, clinching the identification.

 

John Herschel first observed this galaxy on 4 Sep 1834 and logged "B, pL, vmE in pos 41.9 degrees, pretty gradually much brighter middle, 3' long, 20" broad, has a star 11m, 2' dist, pos from nucleus 12.9°."  On a later sweep he wrote "a long pB ray, 4' long, pretty suddenly very much brighter middle, elongated in pos 44.7°."  His mean position is accurate.

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NGC 7411 = UGC 12241 = MCG +03-58-010 = CGCG 453-020 = PGC 69974

22 54 34.9 +20 14 10; Peg

V = 13.4;  Size 1.0'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.2

 

18" (10/29/11): at 283x, faint to fairly faint, fairly small, round, gradually increases to a small bright core and stellar nucleus, ~25" diameter.  Located 2.3' SE of a mag 10.7 star and 6' S of BU 847, an attractive pair of mag 9/10 stars at 7" separation.  NGC 7415 lies 4.5' ENE.

 

17.5" (9/2/89): faint, very small, round, bright core.  Brightest of trio with NGC 7415 5' ENE and NGC 7409 11' WSW.  A pretty double star is 6' N.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7411 = m 505, along with NGC 7409 and 7415, on 13 Sep 1863 and noted "vF, vS."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7412 = ESO 290-024 = MCG -07-47-004 = AM 2252-425 = LGG 464-001 = PGC 70027

22 55 45.5 -42 38 30; Gru

V = 11.3;  Size 3.9'x2.9';  Surf Br = 13.8;  PA = 65°

 

13.1" (9/3/86): faint, fairly large, very diffuse, elongated ~N-S.  Located 6' SSW of mag 7.3 SAO 231361.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7412 = h3961 on 2 Sep 1836 and recorded "eF; vL; 3' diam at least; it is south-preceding a star 7m, 8' dist."

 

Based on a photo taken at the Helwan observatory in 1919-20, it was described as a "2-branched spiral with pF almost stellar nucleus and condensations; like the letter "S"."

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NGC 7413 = MCG +02-58-035 = CGCG 430-029 = PGC 69997

22 55 03.1 +13 13 14; Peg

V = 14.2;  Size 1.0'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 81°

 

18" (10/25/08): very faint, very small, round, 20" diameter. A string of stars extends SW.  A very faint galaxy (PGC 70008) 5.4' ENE that is identified as NGC 7414 in the RNGC was not seen.

 

17.5" (9/19/87): faint, extremely small, round, weak concentration.  Several fairly bright stars lie SW including a mag 10 star 3.8' SW and a mag 11 star 6.1' SW.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7413 = Sw. 4-87, along with NGC 7414, on 2 Sep 1886 and recorded ""eeF; pS; R; e diff.; 8 or 10 stars in an irregular line p; s of 2 [with NGC 7414]."  His RA is 15 seconds too small, but his comment of the string of stars applies to the loose string of stars extending southwest.  Herbert Howe measured an accurate micrometric position in 1998-99.  See NGC 7414.

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NGC 7414 = PGC 70008 = PGC 94273

22 55 24.4 +13 14 54; Peg

V = 15.7;  Size 0.5'x0.2';  PA = 171°

 

18" (8/12/10): extremely faint, very small, irregularly round ~15"x12", required averted vision and visible at most 25% of the time but could repeatedly glimpse in the same position once the location was pinpointed.  Based on the difficulty of this object in superb conditions, I feel this galaxy is probably too faint to have been discovered by Swift with his 16" refractor.

 

18" (11/22/08): Not seen at 175x or 283x.

 

18" (10/25/08): Not seen at 175x or 283x.

 

17.5" (9/2/89): Not seen at 220x.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7414 = Sw. 4-88, along with NGC 7413, on 2 Sept 1886 and recorded "eeeF; S; R; eee diff; n of 2 [with NGC 7413]."  His RA is listed as the same as NGC 7413, which is 15 seconds too small, and 2.5' to the north. 

 

There is nothing near Swift's published position for NGC 7414 or after correcting for the offset in RA for NGC 7413.  The RNGC identifies PGC 70008 = PGC 94273 as NGC 7414.  This galaxy is located 1.7' north, but 21 seconds of RA further east.  Harold Corwin feels the RNGC candidate is a plausible identification, but I'm skeptical based on how faint it appeared in my 18".  So, NGC 7414 may be nonexistent (perhaps a faint star).  See Harold Corwin's identification notes.

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NGC 7415 = UGC 12244 = MCG +03-58-012 = MCG +03-58-011 = CGCG 453-023 = PGC 69985 = PGC 69984

22 54 53.6 +20 15 42; Peg

V = 14.5;  Size 0.9'x0.2';  PA = 128°

 

28" (10/29/11): at 295x, resolved into two tangent glows oriented E-W, ~0.6'x0.3'.  It seemed the western component (MCG +03-58-011) was slightly brighter.  At 394x, the eastern component (UGC 12244) was elongated NW-SE, perhaps 0.4'x0.2'.  UGC 12244 is identified as NGC 7415 in most sources, though the NGC number should probably apply to the double system.

 

18" (10/29/11): at 283x, appeared very faint, small, elongated 2:1 WNW-ESE, 0.4'x0.2'.  I suspected the glow was double but couldn't confidently resolve this close pair so the description likely refers to the combined glow.  Located 4.5' ENE of brighter NGC 7411 and 5.7' SE of

 

17.5" (9/2/89): extremely faint, small, edge-on NW-SE.  Located 5' ENE of NGC 7411.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7415 = m 506, along with NGC 7409 and 7411, on 13 Sep 1863 and simply noted "eF".  His position is fairly accurate.  The MCG identifies MCG +03-58-011, the western component, as NGC 7415.  Other sources identify the eastern edge-on component as NGC 7415, but the number should probably apply to the entire double system as Marth didn't resolve the pair and they are pretty comparable in brightness.

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NGC 7416 = MCG -01-58-004 = PGC 70025

22 55 41.7 -05 29 43; Aqr

V = 12.4;  Size 3.2'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 110°

 

17.5" (10/12/85): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 2:1 WNW-ESE, broad concentration.  On a line with a mag 9.5 star 6' SSW and mag 7.7 SAO 146389 12.5' SSW.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7416 = m 507 = Sf. 86 on 25 Aug 1864 and noted" F, pL, pmE, very gradually brighter middle."  His position is accurate. Aaron Skinner, assistant to Truman Safford at the Dearborn Observatory, independently rediscovered this galaxy on 21 Sep 1867 with the 18.5-inch Clark Refractor.

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NGC 7417 = ESO 109-028 = LGG 462-008 = PGC 70113

22 57 49.5 -65 02 19; Tuc

V = 12.3;  Size 1.9'x1.3';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 2°

 

30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x; bright, moderately large, oval 4:3 N-S, ~1.4'x1.0', well concentrated with a bright core that increases to a stellar nucleus.  Brightest in a group including IC 5266 6.4' SSE, IC 5272 14' SE and PGC 127682 11' S.  Mag 9.5 HD 216941 lies 6.5' NE and similar star is 10' E.  These galaxies and stars just fit in the 20' field.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7417 = h3962 on 20 Jul 1835 and recorded "B; R; gradually pretty much brighter middle; r; 40"."  His mean position (2 observations) is accurate.

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NGC 7418 = ESO 406-025 = MCG -06-50-013 = LGG 466-006 = PGC 70069

22 56 36.2 -37 01 48; Gru

V = 10.9;  Size 3.5'x2.6';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 139°

 

18" (10/25/08): fairly bright, very large, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 2.5'x1.8', broad weak concentration.  The halo fades into the background without a well-defined edge.  This is the largest galaxy visually in the Grus Chain (brightest member IC 1459).

 

13.1" (10/20/84): fairly large, very diffuse, even surface brightness. Larger than NGC 7421 19' SSE.

 

8" (7/16/82): very faint, fairly large, round, diffuse.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7418 = h3963 on 30 Aug 1834 and recorded "pB; vL; R; or vlE; very gradually brighter middle; 4' diam; with left eye r, hardly resolved, PD bad.  A fine object."

 

Based on photographs taken in 1919-20 at the Helwan observatory with the 30-inch Reynolds telescope, it was described as "2.5' x 2.5', spiral with a pF almost stellar nucleus.  This is a "left-hand" spiral with two main branches which are close together on the following side, and from these proceed a number of smaller subsidiary whisps."

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NGC 7419 = Cr 453 = Lund 1024 = OCL-250

22 54 20.1 +60 48 55; Cep

Size 2'

 

18" (8/17/04): at 160x this is a small group of 25-30 stars down to mag 15, elongated 3'x1' NW-SE.  Located ~3' SE of a mag 8 star.  The brightest mag 9.5 star is at the NE tip of the cluster and the fairly rich cluster follows to the SE.  A faint pair is near the center of the group

 

13.1" (8/25/84): about a dozen faint stars are visible over unresolved haze with a mag 9.5 star at the NW edge.  Appears to be a rich group.  Mag 8.2 SAO 20306 is just off the NW edge.  About 12' NW is the double star ∑2953 = 7.8/9.8 at 8".

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7419 = H. VII-43 = h2190 on 3 Nov 1787 (sweep 773) and recorded "a small cluster of vS stars, considerably compressed and pretty rich."  His position is accurate.  On 29 Sep 1829 (sweep 213), John Herschel logged "a *10m in a cluster of vS stars 15...18m; p rich; very gradually brighter middle.  A star 8m is 2' S."

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NGC 7420 = MCG +05-54-018 = CGCG 496-023 = PGC 70017

22 55 32.0 +29 48 18; Peg

V = 14.4;  Size 0.8'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.5

 

17.5" (7/17/93): very faint, small, elongated 4:3 WSW-ENE, 0.7'x0.5', faint stellar nucleus or star superimposed.  Located between a mag 9.0 SAO 90876 4.6' WNW and a mag 10.5 star 4.1' ESE.  Several faint stars that confuses the observation are near south.  These include a close mag 14 pair at 9" separation.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7420 = m 508 on 6 Sep 1863 and noted "vF, S."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7421 = ESO 346-017 = MCG -06-50-015 = AM 2254-373 = LGG 466-004 = PGC 70083

22 56 54.3 -37 20 50; Gru

V = 11.9;  Size 2.0'x1.8';  Surf Br = 13.2

 

18" (10/25/08): fairly faint, moderately large, ~1.5' diameter, diffuse with only a very weak concentration.  At moments I had the impression of an elongated brightening or bar in the central region.  Located near the southern end of the Grus Chain of 9 galaxies with NGC 7418 20' NNW and IC 1459 53' N.

 

13.1" (10/20/84): very faint, very diffuse, moderately large.  Located 20' SSE of NGC 7418.

 

8" (8/16/82): extremely faint, small, round, at visual threshold.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7421 = h3964 on 30 Aug 1834 and recorded "B; L; R; gradually pretty much brighter middle; 2'; r[esolvable] with right eye; with left, barely resolved in the centre."  His mean position (3 measures) is accurate.  Harold Knox-Shaw reported it was a spiral in 1912 based on a photograph taken with the 30" reflector at the Helwan Observatory in Egypt.  On later photographs in 1919-20 showed the eastern halo suffered from dust obscuration.

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NGC 7422 = UGC 12254 = MCG +01-58-013 = PGC 70048

22 56 12.5 +03 55 36; Psc

V = 13.4;  Size 0.9'x0.8';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 140°

 

17.5" (11/1/86): fairly faint, fairly small, round, weak concentration.  Located 21' WNW of mag 6.3 SAO 127860.  Observation in poor seeing.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7422 = m 509 = Sf. 93 on 11 Aug 1864 and noted "F, S, irr R."  His position is accurate.  Otto Struve independently discovered this galaxy on 6 Dec 1865 at the Pulkovo Observatory in St Petersburg (in his unsuccessful attempt to recover Comet Biela), by d'Arrest on 29 Sep 1866 and by Safford with the 18.5-inch Clark refractor at Dearborn Observatory on 27 Sep 1867!  So, this object was "discovered" 4 times, which along with NGC 1360 and NGC 6364, is the most of any NGC entry.  Dreyer credited Struve and d'Arrest in the GC Supplement and Marth, Struve and d'Arrest in the NGC.  Safford's observation was not published until 1887, a bit too late to be noticed when Dreyer compiled the NGC.

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NGC 7423 = Berkeley 57 = OCL-246 = Lund 1026

22 55 09 +57 05 49; Cep

Size 5'

 

18" (9/24/05): at 225x, this cluster appears as a small, rich, glowing spot 2' in diameter, peppered with roughly a dozen mag 14-15 stars, several of which are just on the edge of visibility.  Set within a rich low power Milky Way star field, although noticed immediately at 115x.  A wide pair of mag 11 stars is just off the SW side.  At 435x, the faint resolved stars are easier to view, although the background glow fades.  Planetary nebula M 1-80 is just 10' ENE.  M 1-80 was easily picked up by blinking at 160x with an OIII filter, although appears slightly soft at this power unfiltered.  Excellent view at 538x unfiltered as a slightly irregular small disc, ~4" diameter.  Situated ~40" W of a mag 11 star.  A very close pair of mag 14.5-15 stars follows the mag 11 star and a brighter double is close north.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7423 = H. III-745 = h2191 on 1 Nov 1788 (sweep 876) and noted "pL, irr figure, easily resolvable, or a very distant patch of the milky way." His RA is 50 seconds too large.  John Herschel recorded "A large patch of the milky way, consisting of stars so small as to be quite nebulous.  If this be not III 745, I find no other."  Dreyer used his position in the NGC but commented in his 1912 "Scientific Papers of William Herschel" that William's and John's positions differ by about 1 tmin, so the two entries may refer to different objects.  RNGC lists the number as nonexistent, though the cluster is also catalogued as Berkeley 57.  See Corwin's notes for discussion.

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NGC 7424 = ESO 346-019 = MCG -07-47-008 = PGC 70096

22 57 18.5 -41 04 14; Gru

V = 10.5;  Size 9.5'x8.1';  Surf Br = 15.1;  PA = 88°

 

13.1" (9/3/86): very diffuse, hazy, fairly large, round, weak concentration.  Located 16' E of mag 6.8 SAO 231360.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7424 = h3965 on 5 Sep 1834 and recorded "F; vL; R; very gradually much brighter middle; 3' diam."  Based on Helwan photographs taken in 1919-20, it was described as "pF, 6'x6', pB nucleus elongated in p.a. 130°; spiral with open [spiral arms] and condensations."

 

This loose face-on spiral might show structure in the southern hemisphere.

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NGC 7425 = MCG -02-58-013 = PGC 70097

22 57 15.5 -10 57 00; Aqr

V = 14.2;  Size 0.9'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 60°

 

17.5" (9/23/95): faint, small, slightly elongated, 30" diameter, very weak concentration.  Located just south of three mag 14 stars (closest is 1.9' NNE of center).

 

Frank Muller discovered NGC 7425 = LM 1-259 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory and recorded "mag 15.5, lE? 90°, *10 in PA 260° [ESE] at 4.0' separation."  His rough RA (nearest min of time) is 30 seconds too small and the star is 13-14th magnitude.  Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1898-99 with the 20" refractor at Denver (repeated in the IC 2 Notes).

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NGC 7426 = UGC 12256 = MCG +06-50-012 = CGCG 515-012 = PGC 70042

22 56 02.9 +36 21 41; Lac

V = 12.3;  Size 1.7'x1.4';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 72°

 

17.5" (6/15/91): fairly faint, fairly small, round, weak concentration, faint stellar nucleus.  Observation slightly hampered by the bright wide double star HJ 975 = 5.6/9.5 at 50" located 3.5' W!

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7426 = H. III-576 = h2192 on 18 Oct 1786 (sweep 617). He recorded "very faint, small, irregularly round, stellar."  John Herschel observed NGC 7426 in Nov 1827 (sweep 105) and logged, "extremely faiint; pretty large; round; a coarse double star 6m (HJ 975) precedes a little to south.  Hurried observation."

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NGC 7427 = MCG +01-58-016 = CGCG 405-018 = Mrk 521 = PGC 70091

22 57 09.9 +08 30 20; Peg

V = 14.5;  Size 0.7'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.3

 

17.5" (8/27/87): faint, small, round, small bright core.  Visible steadily with direct vision.

 

17.5" (8/21/87): very faint, extremely small, round  A mag 10.5 star is 4.2' S.  Located 34' SE of 50 Pegasi (V = 4.9).

 

Otto Struve discovered NGC 7427 on 22 Nov 1865 with the 15-inch refractor at the Pulkovo Observatory in St. Petersburg.  It was found while unsuccessfully searching for Comet Biela (never seen after 1852).  Struve's position is 2.5' too far south, though he correctly placed a mag 11.5 star 4' in PA 172°.

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NGC 7428 = UGC 12262 = MCG +00-58-014 = CGCG 379-016 = PGC 70098

22 57 19.5 -01 02 56; Psc

V = 12.5;  Size 2.4'x1.3';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 160°

 

17.5" (7/22/87): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated SW-NE, small bright core.  NGC 7434 lies 17.5' ESE.

 

13.1" (11/29/86): fairly faint, fairly small, almost round, small bright core.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7428 = m 510, along with NGC 7434, on 27 Jul 1864 and noted "F, vS, R, bM."  His position is accurate. Édouard Stephan made an observation on 12 Sep 1876.

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NGC 7429 = OCL-249 = Lund 1027

22 56 00 +59 58 24; Cep

Size 14'

 

17.5" (11/18/95): scattered group of 18 stars in a 6'x2' group elongated NNW-SSE.  Includes 8 mag 9.5-12 stars and the rest are mag 13-15.  There are no rich spots and most stars are scattered around the elongated irregular outline.  The brightest two mag 9.5 stars are located near the center (SAO 34961) and at the SE end (SAO 34971).  Located about 8' W of a mag 7.3 SAO 34988.  Appears to be an asterism although listed in Lynga 5.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7429 = h2193 on 29 Sep 1829 and recorded "VIII class; pretty compact, poor cluster; stars 9...11m." His position corresponds with the center of 6' group of 12 brighter stars (mag 9.4-13.3).

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NGC 7430 = MCG +01-58-017 = CGCG 405-019 = PGC 70106

22 57 29.7 +08 47 39; Peg

V = 14.1;  Size 0.7'x0.35';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 60°

 

17.5" (8/21/87): very faint, very small, round, brighter core.  A faint star is very close south.  Located 32' E of 50 Pegasi (V = 4.9).

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7430 on 27 Aug 1864 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.  His position (measured on 2 nights) is an exact match with CGCG 405-019 = PGC 70106 and he mentioned the faint double star just over 1' south.

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NGC 7431 = LEDA 1765321

22 57 38.9 +26 09 51; Peg

V = 16.0;  Size 0.2'x0.2'

 

48" (10/26/16): at 610x; this object consists of a mag 15 star with a very small galaxy attached on the east side.  A low surface brightness, round glow extended ~10" diameter.  The star and the center of the galaxy are separated by only 5"!  Located 4.3' WNW of NGC 7436 in a group.

 

17.5" (8/25/95): with direct vision appears as a mag 14.5 star with no noticeable halo.  With averted vision, an extremely small halo is sometimes visible, perhaps 10" in diameter.  Located 4.3' WNW of NGC 7436 and faintest in a group of four galaxies.  A mag 14.5 star is 1.4' SW.  On the DSS the galaxy is virtually stellar with the star attached on the west edge.  The galaxy identified as NGC 7431in the RNGC, UGC (notes) and CGCG is CGCG 475-006 (possibly NGC 7433), located 1.5' NW of NGC 7436 and not seen in this observation though was not difficult in my 24".

 

Guillaume Bigourdan discovered NGC 7431 = Big. 92 on 30 Sep 1886 and noted "eF and eS."  His micrometric position is 19 seconds of time preceding NGC 7436 and 55" north.  Precisely at this separation is faint star with an extremely faint galaxy (PGC 1765321) attached on the east side.  It's like Bigourdan noticed only the star as the galaxy is quite faint, but he mistakenly thought it was a nebula.  RNGC, CGCG, UGC (notes to NGC 7436) and PGC all misidentify NGC 7433 = CGCG 475-006 = PGC 70112 as NGC 7431.

 

On 12 Oct 1855, R.J. Mitchell discovered the galaxy (CGCG 475-006) that RNGC, CGCG and UGC misidentify as NGC 7431.  Although clearly shown on the sketch, the 29 Sept 1875 observation states "the object preceding in the 1857 sketch is a faint star, night bad."  Because of this last statement, Thomson feels Dreyer decided not to include this object in the NGC but Corwin and Steinicke identify CGCG 475-006 = NGC 7433 and remove the companion jutting out of the west side of NGC.  Malcolm Thomson discusses this case in detail in the Dec 1989 Webb Society Quarterly Journal and his unpublished "Catalogue Corrections."

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NGC 7432 = UGC 12268 = MCG +02-58-040 = CGCG 430-033 = PGC 70129

22 58 01.9 +13 08 04; Peg

V = 13.3;  Size 1.5'x1.2';  Surf Br = 14.1;  PA = 40°

 

17.5" (9/19/87): fairly faint, very small, strong bright core, slightly elongated.  A mag 13 star is 1.6' E of center and a pair of mag 12/13 stars at 21" separation is 2' ESE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7432 = H. III-465 = h2194 on 23 Nov 1785 (sweep 476) and recorded "eF, S, irregular.  240 showed the same."  John Herschel made three observations and logged (sweep 304), "eF; S; R; precedes a near double star 5 seconds."

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NGC 7433 = MCG +04-54-003 = CGCG 475-006 = WBL 692-002 = PGC 70112

22 57 51.7 +26 09 44; Peg

V = 15.3;  Size 0.7'x0.25';  PA = 47°

 

48" (10/26/16): at 610x; moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 5:2 SW-NE, 35"x14", brighter nucleus. Located 1.5' NW of NGC 7436 in a group.  A mag 14.3 star is 0.4' S.

 

24" (7/20/12): very faint, small, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE, 24"x8".  A mag 14.3 star is just 24" S of center.  Located in the core of the NGC 7436 group, just 1.5' NW of NGC 7436.

 

The historical identification of NGC 7433 is ambiguous (see notes), but this galaxy is misidentified as NGC 7431 (which is 2.9' W) in CGCG, UGC, PGC, U2000 and Megastar.

 

R.J. Mitchell, Lord Rosse's assistant, discovered NGC 7433, along with NGC 7435, on 12 Oct 1855.  While observing the field of NGC 7436 this galaxy was clearly shown on a diagram and sketch showing 4 galaxies (including the companion of NGC 7436).  Nevertheless, there are only three entries in the GC and NGC.  The reason is probably Dreyer's 1875 observation that noted "The object preceding in the diagram from 1857 is a faint star.  Night bad".  The question remains which object Dreyer intended to exclude in the NGC -- CGCG 475-006 (the galaxy generally associated with NGC 7433) or the companion at the west edge of NGC 7436?

 

Malcolm Thomson gives a detailed analysis of the identifications of NGC 7433 and 7435 in his Catalogue Corrections and concludes Dreyer rejected CGCG 475-006 so that NGC 7433 refers to the galaxy the western component of NGC 7436. On the other hand, Harold Corwin supports the view NGC 7436W was rejected by Dreyer and CGCG 475-006 is NGC 7433.  Corwin's identification is used in NED and Steinicke and adopted here, though Thomson's argument is very persuasive.

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NGC 7434 = MCG +00-58-016 = CGCG 379-017 = PGC 70145

22 58 21.5 -01 11 02; Psc

V = 14.3;  Size 0.6'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 80°

 

17.5" (7/22/87): very faint, extremely small, round, about 10" diameter.  Located 17.5' SE of NGC 7428.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7434 = m 511, along with NGC 7428, on 27 Jul 1864 and noted "vF, vS, R, stellar."  His position is 1' too far north.

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NGC 7435 = UGC 12267 = MCG +04-54-004 = CGCG 475-007 = Holm 800a = WBL 692-003 = PGC 70116

22 57 54.5 +26 08 20; Peg

V = 14.1;  Size 1.2'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.8;  PA = 132°

 

48" (10/26/16): at 610x; fairly bright, fairly small, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, 30"x12", small brighter nucleus.  A mag 15 star is on the NNW end [17" from center].  Situated 0.9' SW of NGC 7436 in the center of the cluster.

 

24" (7/20/12): faint or fairly faint, small, very elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE, 24"x8".  A mag 15 star is attached at the NNW tip. This close companion to NGC 7436 is situated just 1.0' SW of center.

 

17.5" (8/25/95): very faint, very elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE, 0.6'x0.2', no concentration.  A mag 15 star is at the NNW end.  In a tight group just 1.0' SW of NGC 7436.

 

17.5" (9/2/89): very faint, very elongated NW-SE.  A mag 15 star is attached at the NNW end 17" from center.  Located 1.0' SW of NGC 7436 in a group.

 

R.J. Mitchell discovered NGC 7435, along with NGC 7433, on 12 Oct 1855 while examining the field of NGC 7436 at Birr Castle.  The identification is certain based on the diagram and sketch in Plate V, including a star close northwest. The NGC position is 1' due south, instead of southwest of NGC 7436.  Heinrich d'Arrest also measured the position twice in September 1865, although Dreyer only credited d'Arrest's observation of NGC 7433.

 

The NGC position falls very close to MCG +04-54-007 = LEDA 1763030, and Francis Pease identified this galaxy as NGC 7435 in the 1920 paper "Photographs of nebulae with the 60-inch reflector, 1917-1919".

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NGC 7436 = VV 84a = (R)NGC 7436B = UGC 12269 = MCG +04-54-006 = CGCG 475-008e = Holm 800b = WBL 692-004 = PGC 70124

22 57 57.5 +26 09 00; Peg

V = 13.0;  Size 2.0'x2.0'

 

48" (10/26/16): brightest of a total of 8 galaxies observed within 4'.  At 610x; bright, moderately large, round, sharply concentrated with a very bright small core, increasing to a stellar nucleus.  The halo has a much lower surface brightness and contains NGC 7436B, which pokes out of the halo on the west side.  The contact companion appeared moderately bright, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 E-W, 24"x8", very small bright nucleus.

 

24" (7/20/12): brightest and central galaxy in a group with three extremely close companions.  At 325x appeared moderately bright and large, round, ~1' diameter.  Sharply concentrated and dominated by a very bright small core.  The halo has a low surface brightness and gradually fades out, but seems to encompass NGC 7436B = VV 84b, which appeared as a faint or fairly faint thin spike, ~22"x8", emerging from the halo and extending west.  NGC 7435 is just 57" SW and NGC 7433 is 1.5' NW.  Also nearby are MCG +04-54-007 2.4' S, PGC 1766408 3.4' NW, NGC 7431 4.2' WNW and PGC 1768375 is 5.7' NNW.

 

MCG +04-54-007 is extremely faint or very faint, very small, round, 12" diameter.  A mag 16.1 star lies 20" E.  PGC 1766408 is extremely faint, very small, irregularly round, 15"x12".  PGC 1768375 is extremely faint and small, round, 9" diameter.  Collinear with a mag 15 star 0.7' NE and a mag 13 star 1.2' NE.

 

17.5" (8/25/95): brightest in a tight group of four galaxies including NGC 7431, NGC 7433 and NGC 7435.  Fairly faint, small, round, 1.2' diameter.  Well concentrated with a small, bright core.  The view is confused by a companion (NGC 7436B), which is partially superimposed on the west side of the halo [18" between centers] and creates the impression of elongation E-W.  A mag 15 star is 50" SW and a mag 14.5 star 1.3' WNW.

 

17.5" (9/2/89): brightest in a group, faint, small, slightly elongated N-S, bright core.  Forms a double system with NGC 7436B attached at the west end.  In a group with NGC 7435 1.0' SW, NGC 7431 2' NW (not seen).  Located 15' E of mag 8.9 SAO 90886.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7436 = H. III-243 = h2195 on 2 Dec 1784 (only object in sweep 327) and recorded "vF, S, er, but I have not been out long enough to see very well, and it may be only stars."  On 18 Aug 1828 (sweep 167), John Herschel logged "F; E in parallel; gradually brighter in the middle; 60" l, 30" br."  Although not resolved, the elongation was caused by the superimposed companion on the west side.

 

The RNGC identifies the brighter eastern component as NGC 7436A and the western component as NGC 7436B.  The identification problems with this group (specifically NGC 7433 and 7431) are discussed in detail in the Oct 1989 Webb Society Quarterly Journal and in Malcolm Thomson's unpublished "Catalogue Corrections".

 

R.J. Mitchell discovered NGC 7436B = MCG +04-54-005 = PGC 70123 on 23 Oct 1855 and noted "3 neb; last one [NGC 7436] pB, bM, has either a star or nebulous knot closely p [NGC 7436]; ...."  The "nebulous knot" is NGC 7436B.  He observed the group again on 18 Sep 1857 and logged, "... closely p is a * or sharply defined nebulous patch, ..."  Dreyer observed the group on 29 Sep 1875 and reported, "The object p in the diagram from 1857 is a F *.  Night bad."  Harold Corwin notes that based on Dreyer's own observation, he didn't assign the western component of NGC 7436 an NGC designation.  NED identifies this galaxy as NGC 7436A and HyperLEDA calls it NGC 7436B.

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NGC 7437 = UGC 12270 = MCG +02-58-041 = CGCG 430-034 = PGC 70131

22 58 10.1 +14 18 32; Peg

V = 13.3;  Size 1.8'x1.8';  Surf Br = 14.4

 

17.5" (9/19/87): very faint, moderately large, slightly elongated, very diffuse, low surface brightness with a weak concentration.  A mag 14 star is at the north edge.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7437 = Sw. 2-94 on 31 Oct 1885 and recorded "eeF; L; R; F * nr nf; v diff.  Nearly in finder field with Alpha Pegasi."  His RA is 10 seconds too large, but the dec is accurate.  In 1900, Herbert Howe reported "the 'F * nr nf" is of mag 10.5 and follows 4 seconds, 1.4' north."  Howe's micrometric position is very accurate.

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NGC 7438

22 57 29.6 +54 21 17; Cas

Size 15'

 

17.5" (8/13/96): at 100x, there is a 20' elongated group of stars separated into two distinct scattered subgroups. The SW group is circular, ~6' diameter with roughly three dozen stars total, although there are a dozen brighter mag 10/11 stars which form the circular outline.  Only a few faint stars populate the interior of the outline.  The NE group is more elongated, ~7'x5', with two dozen stars.  It includes a nice well-matched mag 11 pair at 15" separation.  The two groups only stand out in a rich Milky Way field using a 20 Nagler but it still looks like a random grouping.  Listed as nonexistent in Carlson and RNGC.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7438 = h2196 on 8 Nov 1831 and recorded "A large oblong cluster which fills 2 fields.  Place that of the double star h3157 of my 5th catalogue."  Based on the photographic appearance on a Heidelberg plate, Reinmuth notes "a very dense region, no distinct Cl."  RNGC classifies the number as nonexistent.  See Harold Corwin's identification comments.

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NGC 7439 = UGC 12273 = MCG +05-54-021 = CGCG 496-027 = PGC 70134

22 58 09.9 +29 13 42; Peg

V = 14.3;  Size 1.0'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 150°

 

17.5" (7/17/93): very faint, very small, round, 0.4' diameter, very weakly concentrated core, very faint stellar nucleus at moments.  A mag 12.5 star is 2.5' WSW.  Located 4.3' NW of mag 9.3 SAO 90908.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7439 = m 512 on 9 Sep 1863 and noted a "long patch of F nebulosity."  His position is 30 seconds of RA east and 1' north of UGC 12273.  Interestingly, I recorded this galaxy as round, so his description does not fit this galaxy very well.  Bigourdan published a "corrected" position from 3 Aug 1891 in his Comptes Rendus list for 22 Jul 1901, but his position is 3.6' south and 20 seconds of time too large and probably refers to one or more stars.

 

Karl Reinmuth reported "not found" in his photographic survey at Heidelberg as well as Heber Curtis in Lick Observatory Bulletin #248 (1913) based on photographs with the Crossley reflector.  Harold Corwin searched unsuccessfully for another candidate besides UGC 12273.  See his notes.

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NGC 7440 = UGC 12276 = MCG +06-50-014 = CGCG 515-015 = PGC 70152

22 58 32.5 +35 48 09; And

V = 13.5;  Size 1.4'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.9

 

17.5" (8/27/92): faint, small, slightly elongated, broad concentration.  Located just west of a string of four stars mag 13-14 oriented N-S.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7440 = St. 8a-25 on 12 Sep 1876.  His micrometric position (measured 9 Oct) was quite accurate.  Bigourdan's "corrected" position in the his 22 Jul 1901 Comptes Rendus paper (repeated in the IC 2 Notes section) lands of a double star which is 10 seconds of RA E and 4' N.

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NGC 7441 = IC 1458 = MCG -01-58-007 = PGC 70080

22 56 41.4 -07 22 45; Aqr

V = 13.6;  Size 1.3'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 144°

 

24" (9/22/17): at 375x; faint or fairly faint, low surface brightness patch, irregularly round, ~0.6' diameter, slightly irregular surface brightness but no distinct core. Appears to be a face-on late-type spiral.  Located 10' E of mag 9.5 HD 216787.

 

18" (10/25/03): very faint, small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, 1.0'x0.7', low even surface brightness.  A 15' string of stars oriented SW-NE with mag 9.5 SAO 146395 at the southwest end passes north of the galaxy.  A mag 9.5 star is 10' due west.

 

Ormond Stone discovered NGC 7441 = LM 1-260 = IC 1458 = J. 1-477 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at Leander McCormick Observatory. He recorded "mag 14.0, 0.8' dia, irregularly round, *10 preceding."  Stone's rough position (RA to the nearest minute and Dec marked as uncertain) happens to land just 14 seconds of RA east of MCG -01-58-013, but there is no nearby 10th magnitude star as Stone described.  A mag 12 star is 1.8' NE, but it's in the wrong direction.  Still, RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft), PGC, SIMBAD and HyperLeda identify MCG -01-58-013 as NGC 7441. 

 

Harold Corwin identifies IC 1458, discovered by Stephane Javelle on 17 Sep 1892, as a more likely candidate.  Stone's RA is 3 minutes too large, which isn't unusual in the Leander McCormick observations, and his declination is 20' too far north, though it was marked as uncertain.  But there is a 10th magnitude star 10' preceding matching the description. So, the identification NGC 7441 = IC 1458 is more likely, but still not certain due to the position discrepancies.  NED follows Corwin's identification.

 

According to Wolfgang Steinicke, William Herschel made the first discovery of IC 1458 during a trial sweep with the 48-inch (40-ft f.l.) on 28 Aug 1789.  There was no reference star in the sweep to determine a precise position.  This was Herschel's first of only three discoveries with the 48", including IC 1339 and NGC 4831 (all uncredited).

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NGC 7442 = UGC 12286 = MCG +02-58-045 = CGCG 430-042 = PGC 70183

22 59 26.6 +15 32 54; Peg

V = 13.3;  Size 1.1'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.3

 

17.5" (9/19/87): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, broad concentration.  Located 27' SW of NGC 7448 in a group.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7442 on 24 Nov 1861 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.  His mean position (2 measures) is very accurate and he noted the mag 12 star (called mag 13) 2.0' north-northeast.

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NGC 7443 = MCG -02-58-015 = LGG 468-001 = PGC 70218

23 00 08.9 -12 48 28; Aqr

V = 12.6;  Size 1.5'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.2;  PA = 40°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): fairly faint, small, elongated 5:2 SSW-NNE, small bright core, high surface brightness.  Forms a distinctive similar duo of elongated systems with NGC 7444 1.6' S.  NGC 7450 is in the field 10' SE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7443 = H. II-450 = h2197, along with NGC 7444, on 3 Oct 1785 (sweep 450).  He recorded both as "Two, both little extended and about 1.5' from each other; they extend in different directions.  The sweeping power showed but one, but 240x distinguished them both, and I saw them afterwards also both with the former power.  Both vF, vS."

 

John Herschel made two observations and called it "F; R; pretty suddenly brighter middle; rather the brighter of 2."

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NGC 7444 = MCG -02-58-016 = LGG 468-002 = PGC 70219

23 00 09.0 -12 50 03; Aqr

V = 12.8;  Size 1.7'x0.7';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 3°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): fairly faint, small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, small bright core.  Forms a close pair with NGC 7443 1.6' NNW.  NGC 7450 lies 10' ESE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7444 = H. II-451 = h2198, along with NGC 7443, on 3 Oct 1785 (sweep 450). He recorded them together as "Two, both little extended and about 1.5' from each other; they extend in different directions.  The sweeping power showed but one, but 240 distinguished them both, and I saw them afterwards also both with the former power.  Both vF, vS."

 

John Herschel made three observations and called it "pF; irr R; suddenly brighter in the middle almost to a nucleus; r; the southern of a double nebula."

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NGC 7445 = MCG +06-50-015 = CGCG 515-016 = PGC 70178

22 59 22.4 +39 06 27; And

V = 14.6;  Size 0.7'x0.2';  Surf Br = 12.5;  PA = 88°

 

17.5" (9/26/92): very faint, extremely small, round.  A mag 12 star is 1.5' ESE of center.  Member of the UGC 12298 group with NGC 7449 3.7' NE and NGC 7446 2.0' SE.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7445 = St. 9-31, along with NGC 7446 and 7449, on 23 Oct 1878 ( (position reduced on this date).  If he made a large error in position, the original discovery may have been on 15 Sep 1876.

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NGC 7446 = CGCG 515-017 = PGC 70185

22 59 29.0 +39 04 59; And

V = 14.4;  Size 0.8'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.8

 

17.5" (9/26/92): very faint, very small, round, even concentration, small bright core.  A mag 12 star is 1.2' N.  Farthest south of the members in the UGC 12298 group with NGC 7449 4.5' N and NGC 7445 2.0' NW.  Appears unusually easy for a galaxy only 15.7pg.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7446 = St. 9-32, along with NGC 7445 and 7449, on 23 Oct 1878 (position reduced on this date).  If he made a large error in position, the original discovery may have been on 15 Sep 1876.

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NGC 7447

23 00 26 -10 31 42; Aqr

 

= Not found, Corwin.  = *, Reinmuth.

 

Edward Cooper discovered NGC 7447 = Au 49 on 8 Oct 1855 with the 13.3-inch refractor at the Markree Observatory in Ireland.  While compiling the comprehensive Markree Ecliptic Catalogue he thought he found a nebulous mag 11-12 star.  Arthur Auwers searched and reported "no nebula can be seen" using the Heliometer at Konigsberg.  Wilhelm Tempel was also unsuccessful on several attempts (AN 2284), as well as Sherburne Burnham (Publ of Lick Observatory, II).  Reinmuth identified NGC 7447 as a mag 13 star but this number is likely lost. See Corwin's notes.

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NGC 7448 = Arp 13 = UGC 12294 = MCG +03-58-018 = CGCG 453-042 = LGG 469-001 = PGC 70213

23 00 03.6 +15 58 49; Peg

V = 11.7;  Size 2.7'x1.2';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 170°

 

48" (10/26/16 and 10/28/2019): at 610x; very bright, large, elongated ~2:1 N-S, 2'x1', interesting structure with knots.  The central portion is brighter along the major axis like a weak bar and in the center is a small, very bright nucleus.  A bright, prominent knot, 10"-12" diameter, is just west of the northern tip of the galaxy and a weak knot is close east [by ~15"].  The northern half of the galaxy is generally brighter with a slightly mottled surface.  The galaxy has a weak enhancement along the southwest edge of the halo [spiral arm] and a fairly faint knot is on the southeast side [40" SE of center].  Overall, the southern part of the halo has a lower, more uniform surface brightness.

 

17.5" (9/19/87 and 9/14/85): bright, large, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, small bright core, fainter extensions.  Brightest in the NGC 7448 group.

 

13.1" (9/22/84): fairly bright, broad moderate concentration, thin fainter extensions NNW-SSE.  Does not contain a well-defined nucleus.

 

8" (9/25/81): faint, small, elongated.  NGC 7454 is located 29' NNE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7448 = H. II-251 = h2199 on 16 Oct 1784 (sweep 294) and recorded "pB, cL, E, r."  On his sweep 11, John Herschel logged "pB; L; very gradually brighter middle; E pos 85° np to sf."  Ralph Copeland commented it was "slightly concave towards p side" in a 1873 observation at Birr Castle.  Christian Peters also measured an accurate position.

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NGC 7449 = UGC 12292 = MCG +06-50-016 = CGCG 515-018 = PGC 70196

22 59 37.6 +39 08 45; And

V = 14.0;  Size 1.0'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.7;  PA = 130°

 

17.5" (9/26/92): faint, small, round, gradually brighter middle, small bright core.  In the UGC 12298 group with NGC 7445 3.7' SW, NGC 7446 4.5' S and UGC 12298 9' NE.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7449 = St. 9-33, along with NGC 7445 and 7446, on 23 Oct 1878 (position reduced on this date).  If he made a large error in position, the original discovery may have been on 15 Sep 1876.

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NGC 7450 = MCG -02-58-019 = Mrk 1126 = LGG 468-003 = PGC 70252

23 00 47.8 -12 55 07; Aqr

V = 12.4;  Size 1.4'x1.4';  Surf Br = 13.0

 

17.5" (9/15/90): faint, very small, round, broad concentration.  Third of three with the striking NGC 7443 and NGC 7444 pair 11' NW.

 

Wilhelm Tempel discovered NGC 7450 = T. 1-47 = T. 4-11 on 19 Nov 1876.  His RA in his 4th paper was 5 seconds too large.

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NGC 7451 = UGC 12299 = MCG +01-58-020 = CGCG 405-022 = PGC 70245

23 00 40.9 +08 28 04; Peg

V = 14.0;  Size 1.0'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 67°

 

17.5" (8/27/87): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated WSW-ENE, weak concentration.

 

Otto Struve discovered NGC 7451 on 7 Dec 1865 with the 15-inch Merz refractor at Pulkovo Observatory at St. Petersburg.  It was found while unsuccessfully searching for Comet Biela, which was never seen after 1852. His position is 3' too far south (common offset with his other objects).  Bigourdan's "corrected" position from 7 Nov 1885 (repeated in the IC 2 notes) is 5.8' too far SW, perhaps an error with the offset star.

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NGC 7452 = LEDA 1306660

23 00 47.5 +06 44 44; Psc

V = 15.0;  Size 0.4'x0.3;  PA = 25°

 

24" (12/28/13): at 282x appeared faint, very small, round, 12" diameter, extremely small or stellar nucleus.  Located at 3.1' W of brighter UGC 12302 (NGC 7459?).

 

17.5" (11/18/95): extremely faint and small, round, 15" diameter, very low surface brightness.  Requires averted vision but observation repeatable.  Located 3.1' W of NGC 7459.  A mag 14.5 star lies 2.1' SSW.  This galaxy is not listed in any modern catalogue and the identifications of NGC 7452 and NGC 7459 are uncertain due to poor positions by Lewis Swift.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7452 = Sw. 2-95, along with NGC 7455 and NGC 7459, on 14 Oct 1884 and recorded "eeeF; pL; R; e diff.; np of 2 [with NGC 7459]."  His position falls within a small cluster, 9 seconds of RA east of UGC 12302.  RNGC, MCG and PGC identify UGC 12302 as NGC 7452.  It's the brightest member of the cluster and a double system with nuclei only 10" apart.  Herbert Howe apparently also identified this galaxy as NGC 7452 (MN, Vol 60, 129).

 

As an alternative, Corwin suggests that NGC 7452 = LEDA 1306660, the second brightest in the cluster.  This places NGC 7452 21 seconds of RA preceding Swift's position (matching in dec).  This identification was first made by Kobold in his 1907 catalogue. NED and HyperLeda now both use this identification. This implies NGC 7459 = UGC 12302, which is 12 seconds of RA larger (Swift's difference is 20 seconds).

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NGC 7453

23 01 25.5 -06 21 19; Aqr

 

= ***, Corwin.

 

Christian Peters discovered NGC 7453 on 7 Nov 1860 with the 13.5-inch refractor at the Hamilton College Observatory in New York. At Peters' position of 23 01 25.4 -06 21 17 (2000) is a pair of mag 12.5 stars at 15" separation.  His observation may refer to one of these stars as his description reads "*11 north, close to it."

 

RNGC classifies this number as nonexistent (Type 7) although the New Description ("E,R,BM") implies it refers to a galaxy.  See Corwin's notes.

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NGC 7454 = UGC 12305 = MCG +03-58-020 = CGCG 453-045 = LGG 469-002 = PGC 70264

23 01 06.6 +16 23 18; Peg

V = 11.8;  Size 2.2'x1.6';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 150°

 

17.5" (9/14/85): fairly bright, small, bright core, stellar nucleus, fainter extended halo.  A mag 11 star is 52" WNW of center.  Member of the NGC 7448 group.

 

13.1" (9/3/83): faint, small, extended NNW-SSE, small bright core.  A brighter star is close WNW.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7454 = H. II-249 on 15 Oct 1784 (sweep 290) and recorded "F, vS, R, little brighter in the middle."  The next night (sweep 294), he logged "F, pS, E, following a pB star."  Rudolph Spitaler measured an accurate micrometric position with the 27" refractor in Vienna in 1891.

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NGC 7455 = CGCG 405-021 = Mrk 523 = PGC 70246

23 00 41.0 +07 18 11; Psc

V = 14.2;  Size 0.6'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 174°

 

17.5" (8/21/87): faint, very small, round, small, brighter core.  A mag 11 star is 1.1' NNE of center.  Located 29' E of mag 6.3 SAO 127874.  The NGC identification is not certain.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7455 = Sw. 2-96, along with NGC 7452 and 7459, on 14 Oct 1884 and recorded "eF; cE; pS * nr p.  Found while searching for Encke's Comet 1885 I."  There is nothing at his position, but 38 seconds of RA west is CGCG 405-021 = PGC 70246 and Kobold identified this object as NGC 7455 in his 1907 publication.  RNGC and CGCG also identify CGCG 405-021 as NGC 7455.  Herbert Howe noted, though, that there is no star "nr p[receding]."  A mag 12 star is 1.2' north-northeast of this galaxy, but not in the right orientation and furthermore this small galaxy is not "cE".  Because of this discrepancy Corwin suggests that perhaps NGC 7455 actually applies to the comet!  Bigourdan searched for NGC 7455, but his position refers to a star.  See Corwin's notes.

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NGC 7456 = ESO 346-026 = MCG -07-47-011 = PGC 70304

23 02 10.4 -39 34 10; Gru

V = 11.8;  Size 5.5'x1.6';  Surf Br = 14.1;  PA = 23°

 

13.1" (9/3/86): very faint, diffuse, moderately large, elongated SW-NE.  A pair of mag 13 stars is 3' E of center.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7456 = h3966 = h3967 on 4 Sep 1834 and recorded "F; L; mE; very gradually little brighter middle; pos of elongation 33.8°; 4' l, 1' br; loses itself imperceptibly.  His Cape position for h3966 is 30' too far south but he corrected this clerical mistake in the errata page at the end of the catalogue. His position for h3967 is correct.

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NGC 7457 = UGC 12306 = MCG +05-54-026 = CGCG 496-032 = PGC 70258

23 01 00.0 +30 08 42; Peg

V = 11.2;  Size 4.3'x2.3';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 130°

 

17.5" (8/13/88): bright, fairly large, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, very bright core, very small bright nucleus.  Forms a pair with UGC 12311 8' NE (logged as "very faint, fairly small, elongated NW-SE, even surface brightness").  Several bright stars in field including two mag 10 stars 3.5' NE and 2.8' E.  A mag 11 star is 5.0' ENE and mag 9 SAO 90959 9.5' ENE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7457 = H. II-212 = h2201 on 12 Sep 1784 (sweep 267) and recorded "pB, pL, lE, mbM, r.  South of 2 faint stars.  Some stars visible in it."  His position was just off the west side of the galaxy.  John Herschel made a single observation, "B; L; lE; pretty gradually brighter middle; 60"; has a stellar point in the centre."  The observers at Birr Castle noted a star involved just preceding the nucleus.

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NGC 7458 = UGC 12309 = MCG +00-58-020 = CGCG 379-022 = PGC 70277

23 01 28.6 +01 45 12; Psc

V = 12.5;  Size 1.4'x1.2';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 15°

 

13.1" (11/29/86): fairly faint, small, round, small bright core.  An equilateral triangle with sides 2' formed by mag 8.8 SAO 127905 and two mag 11 stars lies about 6' N.  NGC 7460 is 31' NNE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7458 = H. II-590 = h2200 on 18 Sep 1786 (sweep 589) and noted "F, S, bM."  John Herschel described it on 18 Sep 1830 (sweep 295) as "vF; vS; pretty suddenly brighter in the middle."

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NGC 7459 = UGC 12302 = MCG +01-58-021 = PGC 70261

23 00 59.9 +06 45 01; Psc

V = 14.5;  Size 0.6'x0.2';  Surf Br = 12.5;  PA = 57°

 

24" (12/28/13): at 200x appeared fairly faint, fairly small, elongated ~5:3 SW-NE, 0.8'x0.5', brighter core.  At 282x, the core appeared double [post merger system?], with the two extremely small nuclei just resolved [10" separation], and oriented along the major axis.  The northeast component appeared quasi-stellar.  A mag 13.2 star is 1.2' E of center.

 

17.5" (11/18/95): very faint, small, elongated 3:2 WSW-ENE, 40"x25", weak concentration.  Located 1.2' W of a mag 13 star.  Forms a pair with NGC 7452 3.1' W.  This is a double system (not resolved) and brightest in a faint cluster. Listed as nonexistent in RNGC.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7459 = Sw. 2-97, along with NGC 7452 and 7455, on 14 Oct 1884 and recorded "eeF; pL; R; * nr; sf of 2 [with NGC 7452]."  There is nothing at his position, but Harold Corwin suggests this number applies to UGC 12302 (the brightest in the cluster), located 30 sec of RA due west of Swift's position.  This identity was first made by Hermann Kobold in his observation at Strasbourg in 1897 (published in 1907). This implies NGC 7452 = PGC 1306660, which is 21 seconds west of his position.

 

RNGC, MCG and PGC identify UGC 12302 as NGC 7452.  UGC does not apply an NGC designation for this double system.  RNGC classifies NGC 7459 as nonexistent (Type 7).  See Corwin's notes.

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NGC 7460 = UGC 12312 = MCG +00-58-021 = CGCG 379-023 = PGC 70287

23 01 42.9 +02 15 49; Psc

V = 13.0;  Size 1.4'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 175°

 

13.1" (11/29/86): faint, small, round, diffuse, even surface brightness.  NGC 7458 is 31' SSW.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7460 = St. 8a-26 on 14 Sep 1876.  An accurate micrometric position was determined a week later and included in list 8a (#26) in 1877 with an estimated diameter of 1.5'.

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NGC 7461 = UGC 12314 = MCG +02-58-056 = CGCG 430-051 = PGC 70290

23 01 48.3 +15 34 57; Peg

V = 13.3;  Size 0.9'x0.7';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 150°

 

17.5" (9/19/87): fairly faint, extremely small, round, compact, small bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 11 star lies 2.3' SW. Member of the NGC 7448 group located 23' S of the NGC 7463, NGC 7464 and NGC 7465.  Pair with NGC 7467 9.5' ESE.

 

13.1" (9/22/84): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, even surface brightness, NGC 7467 11' E.  Located 23' S of NGC 7463/64/65 in the NGC 7448 group.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7461 = m 513 on 8 Aug 1863 and noted "vF, vS, alm stellar."  His position is 1' south of UGC 12314.

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NGC 7462 = ESO 346-028 = MCG -07-47-013 = PGC 70324

23 02 46.5 -40 50 07; Gru

V = 11.7;  Size 4.2'x0.7';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 75°

 

13.1" (9/3/86): fairly faint, fairly small, pretty edge-on oriented ~E-W.  A mag 11 star is at the west end and four other comparable stars including a nice double at 36" separation are within 5'.  Located 10.6' W of mag 6.6 SAO 231415.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7462 = h3968 on 5 Sep 1834 and recorded "pB; S; vmE; has a *11m preceding its extremity."  The mag 11 star at the west edge is MCG -07-47-012 (misclassified as a galaxy).

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NGC 7463 = UGC 12316 = MCG +03-58-022 = CGCG 453-048 = Holm 802a = PGC 70291

23 01 52.0 +15 58 55; Peg

V = 13.2;  Size 2.9'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.8;  PA = 90°

 

48" (10/26/16): at 610x; very bright, large, very elongated at least 4:1 E-W, ~2.0'x0.5'.  Unusual structure [nearly edge-on barred spiral] with a fairly bright bar angling across the central section ~SW-NE, ~25"x10".  A spiral arm extends west of the bar and a long, low surface brightness tidal arm stretches to the east.  NGC 7464, situated 0.7' SE, is just south of the beginning of the eastern arm.  The stretched appearance is likely due to an interaction with NGC 7465 2.6' SE.  These galaxies, as well as the two described below, are part of the NGC 7448 group.

 

UGC 12321, located 7' NE, appeared fairly faint, thin edge-on 6:1 sliver WSW-ENE, 35"x6", very small brighter core.  A 2' length NW-SE string of 3 mag 11.5-12 stars is close south.  The middle star is in this string is an uncatalogued double star with a separation of ~1.8".  UGC 12313, located 5.5' NNW, appeared very faint to faint, moderately large, edge-on ~4:1 WNW-ESE, 1.2'x0.3', slightly brighter core, fades out at the tips, overall fairly low surface brightness.

 

18" (7/29/03): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 5:2 E-W, 1.0'x0.4', weak concentration.  Larger but lower surface brightness than NGC 7465 2.6' SE.  A close companion, NGC 7464, is just 0.7' SE.  Located 2.5' NE of a mag 8.5 star that is a bit of a distraction in viewing, though it makes the group quite distinctive.

 

17.5" (9/14/85): fairly bright, very elongated 3:1 E-W, brighter core but no sharp nucleus.  Lower surface brightness than nearby NGC 7465 2.6' ESE.  In a close trio with NGC 7465 and NGC 7464 just 42" SE of center.  Located 2.5' NE of mag 8.5 SAO 108339.  Member of the NGC 7448 group.

 

13.1" (9/22/84): fairly faint, fairly small, diffuse.

 

13.1" (9/3/83 and 9/9/83): faint, fairly small, elongated E-W, lower surface brightness than NGC 7464 45" SE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7463 = H. III-210 = h2202, along with NGC 7465, on 16 Oct 1784 (sweep 294).  He described both as "Two, the second of them [NGC 7465] stellar, both vF.  The first [NGC 7463] lE and a little larger than the second; both vF."  Both William and John Herschel missed NGC 7464 (discovered by d'Arrest).

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NGC 7464 = UGC 12315 = MCG +03-58-023 = CGCG 453-049 = Holm 802c = LGG 469-007 = PGC 70292

23 01 53.7 +15 58 26; Peg

V = 13.3;  Size 0.8'x0.8';  Surf Br = 12.7

 

48" (10/26/16): at 610x; moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated, ~24"x20", broad concentration with no well defined core or nucleus but fairly high surface brightness.  Smallest and faintest in an excellent trio with NGC 7463 40" NW and NGC 7465 1.8' ESE.

 

18" (7/29/03): very faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, no concentration.  Located just 40" SE of the center of NGC 7463 in a trio with NGC 7465 and less than 3' NE of a mag 8.5 star.

 

17.5" (9/14/85): faint, very small, slightly elongated WSW-ENE, even surface brightness.  Located just 42" SE of the center of NGC 7463 with NGC 7465 1.8' ESE.  Located 2.5' NE of mag 8.5 SAO 108339.  Member of the NGC 7448 group.

 

13.1" (9/22/84): appears as an extremely small "knot" attached at the southeast end of NGC 7463.

 

13.1" (9/3/83): extremely faint, very small, round, near visual threshold.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7464 = m 514 on 27 Aug 1864 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen while examining NGC 7463 and 7465.  NGC 7464 was labeled Roman numeral III in his sketch. Albert Marth also discovered this galaxy just two months later on 23 Oct 1864 with the 48-inch on Malta ("vF, eS, near [NGC 7463]") as well as Hermann Vogel with the 8.5-inch refractor in Leipzig on 10 Aug 1869.  Both Marth (1) and d'Arrest (2) were credited in the NGC, though the order should be reversed.

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NGC 7465 = UGC 12317 = Mrk 313 = MCG +03-58-024 = CGCG 453-050 = Holm 802b = LGG 469-003 = PGC 70295

23 02 01.0 +15 57 54; Peg

V = 12.6;  Size 1.2'x0.8';  Surf Br = 12.4

 

48" (10/26/16): at 610x; bright, moderately large, oval NNW-SSE, ~0.9'x0.7'.  There are three distinct brightness zones; the oval halo, a slightly elongated bright core, and a very small intensely bright nucleus.  In an interacting triplet with NGC 7463 2.4' NW and NGC 7464 1.8' WNW.  Mag 8.2 HD 217602 lies 4' WSW.

 

18" (7/29/03): moderately bright, fairly small, oval 3:2 or 4:3 NNW-SSE, ~0.6'x0.4'.  Fairly high surface brightness with a weak, even concentration to a small brighter core and quasi-stellar nucleus.  Brightest in a close trio with the tight duo NGC 7463/7464 ~2' WNW.  The trio is situated ~3' NE of mag 8.5 SAO 108339.

 

17.5" (9/14/85): fairly bright, small, bright core, stellar nucleus, slightly elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE.  Brightest in a close trio with NGC 7464 1.8' WNW and NGC 7463 2.4' WNW in the NGC 7448 group.

 

13.1" (9/22/84): very small, round, stellar nucleus surrounding a small outer halo.

 

13.1" (9/3/83): fairly faint, very small, stellar nucleus, fairly high surface brightness.  Only viewing the nucleus?  Brightest in subgroup of three with NGC 7464 and NGC 7463.  Located 27' E of NGC 7448.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7465 = H. III-211 = h2203, along with NGC 7463, on 16 Oct 1784 (sweep 294) and recorded "Two, the second of them [NGC 7465] stellar, both vF.  The first [NGC 7463] lE and a little larger than the second; both vF."  John Herschel measured separate positions for the pair.  They both missed NGC 7464.

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NGC 7466 = UGC 12319 = MCG +04-54-017 = CGCG 475-023 = PGC 70299

23 02 03.4 +27 03 10; Peg

V = 13.6;  Size 1.5'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 26°

 

17.5" (9/2/89): faint, small, very elongated SSW-NNE, small bright core.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7466 = St. 5-10 on 4 Sep 1872, listing a rough position 6' to the west. His published discovery position (list 5, #10) was made the following year on 20 Sep 1873 with description "eF; eS; with a condensation in the centre."  MCG and PGC incorrectly equate IC 5281 (a close double star) with NGC 7466.

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NGC 7467 = MCG +02-58-057 = CGCG 430-053 = PGC 70310

23 02 27.4 +15 33 15; Peg

V = 14.2;  Size 0.75'x0.55';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 33°

 

17.5" (9/19/87): very faint, extremely small, round.  A mag 15 star is just off the east edge 1.0' from center.  Located 9.5' ESE of NGC 7461 in the NGC 7448 group.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7467 = m 515 on 23 Oct 1864 and noted "eF, v."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7468 = UGC 12329 = CGCG 453-052 = Mrk 314 = LGG 469-004 = PGC 70332

23 02 59.3 +16 36 18; Peg

V = 13.7;  Size 0.9'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.0

 

17.5" (9/2/89): faint, small, slightly elongated, weak concentration.  Located 8.7' N of mag 7.9 SAO 108362.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7468 = H. III-202 on 15 Oct 1784 (sweep 290) and recorded "eF, vS, stellar.  240 confirmed it."  Caroline's reduction is a good match with UGC 12329 = PGC 70332.  John Herschel didn't make an observation, but d'Arrest measured three positions.

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NGC 7469 = Arp 298 NED1 = UGC 12332 = MCG +01-58-025 = Holm 803a = Mrk 1514 = PGC 70348

23 03 15.7 +08 52 26; Peg

V = 12.3;  Size 1.5'x1.1';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 125°

 

17.5" (11/1/86): sharp, bright stellar nucleus (Sy 1 galaxy) surrounded by a small faint halo.  A faint star is just east.  Forms a close pair (Arp 298) with IC 5283 1.3' NNE.  Located at the western vertex of a triangle with mag 8.5 SAO 127930 5.4' SE and mag 8.4 SAO 27929 6.3' NE.  This is a Seyfert galaxy with a variable nucleus.  IC 5283 is a very faint glow, small, round, diffuse, with an even surface brightness.

 

13.1" (11/13/82): moderately bright, small, round, small bright nucleus surrounded by small diffuse halo.  The nucleus dominates the galaxy.  Located along the west side of three mag 9-10 stars.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7469 = H. III-230 = h2204 on 12 Nov 1784 (sweep 313). He noted "eF, eS, but 240 left a doubt."  He found it again on 26 Sep 1785 (sweep 442) and but this time was unertain: "Suspected a small irregular patch with seeming nebulosity."  Caroline didn't link the second observation with the earlier one or assign it a new discovery number.

 

John Herschel made the single observation on 16Aug 1830 (sweep 281): "F; S; R; very suddenly much brighter middle; equals a star 12m with a vF wisp about it.  At first seems like a star."

 

NGC 7469 is one of the 6 original Seyfert 1 galaxies studied by Seyfert in his seminal 1943 paper "Nuclear Emission in Spiral Nebulae".

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NGC 7470 = ESO 239-009 = AM 2302-502 = PGC 70431

23 05 14.1 -50 06 42; Gru

V = 13.9;  Size 1.4'x0.9';  Surf Br = 14.0;  PA = 84°

 

30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x and 394x; fairly faint to moderately bright, moderately large, slightly elongated, ~50"x40", contains a small slightly brighter core and a patchy halo.  A mag 12.5 star is 2.5' NW.  Forms a pair with PGC 469486 1.9' SSW.  At 394x, the (line of sight) companion appeared faint, very small, round, 10" diameter.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7470 = h3969 on 30 Sep 1834 and recorded "eF; R; gradually little brighter middle; 60"; has a * 11m np 3' dist."  There is nothing at his position but 0.8 min of RA east is ESO 239-009 and his description matches.

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NGC 7471 = ESO 535-4

23 03 54 -22 55; Aqr

 

= Not found, Corwin, RNGC and ESO.  = *?, SG

 

Frank Muller discovered NGC 7471 = LM 2-470 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory and recorded "mag 15.8, 0.2' dia, lE 85°, suddenly brighter in the middle, 3 stars 10, p[recede] 20 seconds."  There is nothing near his position.  If Muller's object is the mag 15 star at 23 05 32.9 -22 53 44 (1 min 38 seconds of RA east), there are three mag 12-13 stars about 30 seconds preceding.

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NGC 7472 = NGC 7482 = MCG +00-58-029 = CGCG 379-031 = PGC 70446

23 05 38.6 +03 03 33; Psc

 

See observing notes for NGC 7482.

 

Otto Struve found NGC 7472 on 7 Dec 1865 with the 15-inch Merz refractor at the Pulkovo Observatory outside St. Petersburg.  While unsuccessfully searching for comet Biela he found a faint star with a nebulous halo.  There is nothing near his position, but exactly 2.0 minutes of RA east is NGC 7482, which was discovered by Albert Marth the previous year on 11 Aug 1864.

 

Sherburne Burnham, who examined the field (see Publ of Lick Obs, II), noted there was only one galaxy in the vicinity, essentially agreeing with Marth's position for NGC 7482, and that NGC 7472 as well as d'Arrest's NGC 7477 were probably duplicates.  Dreyer mentioned this in the IC I Notes, although NGC 7477 is a different object.  See NGC 7477.

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NGC 7473 = UGC 12335 = MCG +05-54-030 = CGCG 496-038 = PGC 70373

23 03 57.1 +30 09 37; Peg

V = 13.7;  Size 1.1'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 45°

 

17.5" (8/13/88): faint, small, oval SSW-NNE, bright core.  A mag 14 star is 46" N of center.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7473 = m 516 on 6 Sep 1863 and noted "vF, S, R."  His position is 6 seconds of time too small.

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NGC 7474 = MCG +03-58-026 = PGC 70379

23 04 04.4 +20 04 02; Peg

V = 14.1;  Size 0.6'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.8

 

24" (9/10/15): faint to fairly faint, small, round, 18" diameter, stellar nucleus.  First in a trio with NGC 7475  1.6' NE (double system with MCG +03-58-028).  A mag 11.5 star lies 2' N and a wide pair (~15") is 2.8' SE.

 

17.5" (9/2/89): very faint, extremely small, round.  A mag 11 star is 2.0' N.  Forms a pair with NGC 7475 1.6' NE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7474 = m 517, along with NGC 7475, on 9 Sep 1864 and noted "eF, vS."  His position is accurate.  Stephan probably first observed the pair on 4 Sep 1872 and measured an accurate micrometric position on 20 Sep 1876.

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NGC 7475 = UGC 12337 = MCG +03-58-027 = MCG +03-58-028 = CGCG 453-059 = PGC 70382 = PGC 70383

23 04 10.9 +20 04 52; Peg

V = 13.6;  Size 1.5'x0.9';  PA = 54°

 

24" (9/10/15): at 260x; fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 3:2 or 4:3 WSW-ENE, ~0.6'x0.4', contains a very small bright nucleus that appears offset to the southwest side.  NGC 7474 lies 1.6' SE.  A mag 11.5 star lies 1.7' NW.

 

With careful viewing NGC 7475 was clearly seen as a double system with a companion attached at the northeast end (MCG +03-58-028 = PGC 70382).  It was visible as a faint, small, round glow, 12" in diameter.  The centers of the galaxies are separated by just 27" and nearly collinear with NGC 7474.

 

17.5" (9/2/89): faint, fairly small, elongated SW-NE.  A mag 11 star is 1.7' NW.  Forms a pair with NGC 7474 1.5' SW.  The compact companion at the NE end was unresolved.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7475 = m 518, along with NGC 7474, on 9 Sep 1864 and noted "vF, S."  His position is accurate.  Stephan made an observation on 4 Sep 1872 (probably aware of Marth's discovery) and measured an accurate micrometric position on 20 Sep 1876.

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NGC 7476 = ESO 290-045 = MCG -07-47-015 = PGC 70427

23 05 11.7 -43 05 51; Gru

V = 12.7;  Size 1.4'x1.0';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 175°

 

17.5" (10/20/90): very faint, fairly small, possibly oval N-S, bright core.  Forms the southern vertex of an isosceles triangle with mag 7.7 SAO 231425 3' NW and mag 7.2 SAO 231432 4' NNE.  Located 32' ENE of mag 4.3 Theta Gruis.  This is an exceptionally far southern galaxy for viewing from Northern California.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7476 = h3970 on 5 Sep 1834 and recorded "pF; S; R; 12"; makes an obtuse-angled triangle, with 2 st 7m at some distance." His position (measured on 2 sweeps) is accurate.

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NGC 7477 = PGC 1245518

23 04 40.7 +03 07 05; Psc

V = 15.0;  Size 0.3'x0.15'

 

18" (9/26/11): this number applies to an extremely faint galaxy with a star superimposed.  At 175x, it appeared as a faint, nebulous patch (perhaps 15" diameter) with one or two very faint stars involved.  At 225x, three mag 14.5 stars were resolved including a 15" pair but a third star close north was not involved in the glow.  It was easy to see to see how this knot of stars could be taken as nebulous even if the galaxy was not seen.  NGC 7482 lies 15' ESE.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7477 on 9 Sep 1866 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.  At his exact position is a group of 3 faint stars and an extremely faint galaxy (LEDA 1245518).  Probably d'Arrest picked up the combined glow of a faint star and the galaxy (V = 15.0) or else two close stars.  Hermann Kobold's position, measured in 1898 at the Stasbourg Observatory, is at the north end of LEDA 1245518, where a faint star is attached. Reinmuth also identified NGC 7477 as "4 st 15 in Dreyer's place; ? eeF vS neb s of 2nd * alm att?, neb E 75 deg?."

 

Burnham noted the odd situation that NGC 7477 and 7472 precede Marth's NGC 7482 by exactly 1.0 tmin and 2.0 tmin of RA, respectively, and felt all 3 numbers referred to the same galaxy.  But Harold Corwin notes that only NGC 7472 (discovered by Otto Struve) is identical to NGC 7482.

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NGC 7478 = PGC 70418

23 04 56.6 +02 34 40; Psc

V = 15.0;  Size 0.4'x0.4';  Surf Br = 13.3

 

17.5" (11/18/95): very faint, very small, round, 15" diameter, slightly brighter core.  Located 1.0' SE of a mag 11.5 star and fainter of a pair with NGC 7480 4.6' ESE.  Not listed in CGCG, MCG or RC3.

 

13.1": not found.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7478 = m 519, along with NGC 7480, on 11 Aug 1864 and noted "eF, E."  His position is 1.2' too far northwest. This galaxy is mentioned in UGC notes to NGC 7480 but is not identified as NGC 7478.

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NGC 7479 = UGC 12343 = MCG +02-58-060 = CGCG 430-058 = PGC 70419

23 04 56.7 +12 19 23; Peg

V = 10.8;  Size 4.1'x3.1';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 25°

 

48" (11/2/13, 10/30/16 and 10/28/19): The view of NGC 7479 was mesmerizing at 488x and 610x.  Compared to the view last October, I noticed the fainter eastern arm was broader (split in two parallel branches on images) and although diffuse, obviously extended all the way to the southern edge of the galaxy, nearly reaching a mag 16 star.  Also the bright arm on the western side of the bar dimmed as it extended north, but wrapped all the way or just beyond a mag 15.7 star situated 48" SW of the bright mag 12.5 star off the north end of the bar.  The western arm clearly had a clumpy appearance with a couple of brighter patches.  Near the south end of this arm [1.1' SSW of center] is a very faint quasi-stellar knot, which is catalogued as HII region #45 in Hodge and Kennicutt's 1983 "An Atlas of H II regions in 125 galaxies".  Another brighter knot, ~12"x6", is at the southwest end of the arm [1.5' SW of center].  This is region #57 in the HK Atlas.  A faint edge-on (V = 17.8), lies 3.5' NW of NGC 7479.

 

48" (10/22/11): NGC 7479 is probably the best barred spiral in the northern sky. At 488x and 610x the central bar appears very bright and extended over 2' N-S. The bar had a mottled appearance, bulging slightly in the center, was broadly concentrated with a small bright core. A bright mag 12.5 star is at the north end of the bar, 1.3' from the center.

 

At the northern end, an arm emerges from the bar and begins to curve counterclockwise to the east, but abruptly dims and merges with the halo on the east side. At the south end of the bar, a beautiful sweeping arm wraps counterclockwise around the south of a superimposed mag 13.5 star, extending to the west side of the core. This prominent arm dims and ends just north of an extremely faint HII knot (stellar) in the arm, which is catalogued as object #4 in Rozas' et al 1999 A&AS paper "Global properties of the population of HII regions in NGC 7479 from photometric H-alpha imaging". A mag 16.4 star is 0.7' due west (outside the arm) of this knot. A mag 15.7 star is also superimposed between the faint HII knot and the bright star at the north end. 

 

18" (11/7/07): I was surprised the thin spiral arm was readily visible from Lake Sonoma extending from the south end of the bar and wrapping outside the mag 13.5 star situated 50' SW of the core.  This arm dimmed out roughly due west of the star.  The central bar extends 2.4'x0.6' N-S and contains a bulging 25" core that broadly brightens to an occasional faint stellar nucleus with direct vision.  Barely off the north end of the central bar is a mag 12.5 star (1.3' due north of center) and there was just a hint of the spiral arm at the north end of the bar beginning to bend towards the east.

 

18" (10/19/06): fairly bright, fairly large, the main bar appears elongated 3:1 N-S, moderately concentrated with a bright core.  A mag 12.5 star is just off the north tip of the bar.  At the south end an extension is generally visible with averted vision hooking back sharply on the west side towards the north.  This spiral arm dims as it hooks but intermittently appears to sweep due north though does not extend as far as the mag 13.5 star off the SW side of the core.

 

17.5" (7/19/90): this is one of few northern barred spirals in which the structure is clearly visible. A bright bar is oriented N-S with a bright core and nearly stellar nucleus. A mag 13 star is off the north edge 1.4' from center and a fainter mag 14 star is 47" SW of center. A thin curving spiral arm attached at the south end curves to the west and then north beyond the mag 14 star SW of the core. This arm parallels the bar along the west side about 90°. At the Sierra Buttes, the spiral arm was held almost continuously with averted vision. Located 3.3' NNE of a mag 10 star.

 

17.5" (10/12/85): thin curving arm clearly seen attached at the SW end curving to the north around a faint star.

 

13.1" (9/29/84): fairly bright, elongated ~N-S.  Strong impression of a dark lane or gap on the west wide and brief hints of haze beyond this gap, particularly around the south end towards the west (spiral arm).

 

13.1" (11/5/83): fairly bright, elongated N-S, bright core.  Two faint stars are west and north.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7479 = H. I-55 = h2205 on 19 Oct 1784 (sweep 299).  He described it as "faint, much extended, resolvable [mottled], near 3' in length and about 1' in breadth; I see 2 or 3 stars in it; but they do not seem to belong to it."  On 23 Nov 1785 (sweep 476) he noted "cB, mE nearly in the direction of the meridian; about 4' long, about 2' broad, gradually brighter in the middle."  A sketch, showing the long bar (but no arms), was included in his 1811 publication (fig. #16) as an example of "Nebulae which are gradually brighter in the middle."

 

George Johnstone Stoney or Lord Rosse sketched NGC 7479 on 10 Sep 1849 (figure 4 in the 1850 PT paper). The sketch shows a single prominent spiral arm wrapping nearly completely back to the bar, though the form was uncertain: "Spiral, but query whether this is not more properly an annular than a spiral nebula." Wilhelm Tempel, John Herschel and Heinrich d'Arrest made additional sketches.

 

In the 1900 paper "The spiral nebula H. I 55 Pegasi" (1900ApJ....11....1K), Lick astronomer James Keeler compared the various sketches of NGC 7479 with a photograph taken with the Crossley reflector to demonstrate the subjectivity of sketches and their limitations compared to photographs.

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NGC 7480 = UGC 12349 = MCG +00-58-027 = CGCG 379-030 = Holm 804a = PGC 70432

23 05 13.6 +02 32 58; Psc

V = 14.0;  Size 1.3'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 105°

 

17.5" (11/18/95): faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 WNW-ESE, 1.0'x0.3.'  Contains a small, round bright core with very faint thin extensions.  Preceded by an isosceles triangle of mag 10.5 stars (with equal sides about 3.5' and base 5.5').  Forms a pair with NGC 7478 4.6' WNW.

 

13.1" (11/29/86): very faint, small, edge-on WNW-ESE.  Nearby NGC 7478 not seen.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7480 = m 520, along with NGC 7478, on 11 Aug 1864 and noted "vF, vS, vlE, very gradually brighter middle."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7481

23 05 48 -19 57; Aqr

 

= Not found, Corwin and RNGC.

 

Ormond Stone discovered NGC 7481 = LM 1-261 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at Leander McCormick Observatory and recorded "mag 14.0, vS, R, gradually brighter in the middle."  There nothing near his rough position and Harold Corwin was unable to find a reasonable candidate in the area.

 

ESO assigned ESO 604-003 to NGC 7481, though questioned the identification as uncertain.  This galaxy is 20 seconds of RA east and 7' north of Stone's position and consists of a pair of extremely faint galaxies close to a mag 14-14.5 star.  Corwin rejects this as a plausible candidate, so this number is lost.

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NGC 7482 = NGC 7472 = MCG +00-58-029 = CGCG 379-031 = PGC 70446

23 05 38.6 +03 03 33; Psc

V = 13.6;  Size 0.6'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.1;  PA = 140°

 

24" (12/8/20): at 260x; fairly faint to moderately bright, small, slightly elongated, 25"x20", very small brighter nucleus.

 

13.1" (11/29/86): faint, very small, round.  Collinear with a mag 11.5 star 5.8' NW and a mag 10.5 star 7.8' NW.  NGC 7483 lies 29' N.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7482 = m 521 on 11 Aug 1864 and noted "F, vS, stellar."  His position is accurate to within 1'.  Otto Struve probably found this galaxy again on 7 Dec 1865 as his position for NGC 7472 is 2.0 minutes of RA west.  So, NGC 7482 = NGC 7472.

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NGC 7483 = UGC 12353 = MCG +00-58-030 = CGCG 379-032 = PGC 70455

23 05 48.3 +03 32 42; Psc

V = 13.0;  Size 1.6'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 110°

 

13.1" (11/29/86): fairly faint, small, round, noticeable small bright core.  Possible larger fainter outer halo.  NGC 7482 is 29' S.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7483 = h2206 on 18 Sep 1830 and recorded "vF; E; pretty suddenly brighter middle; 20" l, 8" br."  His single position is accurate.

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NGC 7484 = ESO 407-006 = MCG -06-50-026 = PGC 70505

23 07 04.9 -36 16 29; Scl

V = 11.8;  Size 1.8'x1.7';  Surf Br = 12.9

 

17.5" (10/20/90): fairly faint, small, round, bright core.  Located just 1' N of mag 9.9 SAO 214317 and 3.8' W of mag 9.8 SAO 214322!  Very close to the Sculptor, Pisces Austrinus and Grus border.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7484 = h3971 = h3972 on 30 Aug 1834 and recorded "pB; S; R; gradually brighter in the middle; attached to, or not much separated from, a * 8m just south of neb, 60" dist."  His position (for h3971) is 1.0 min of RA too small.  He observed this galaxy on 3 additional sweeps, recording the position accurately under h3972and noted the probable RA error with h3971..  The two entries were combined in the GC and NGC.

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NGC 7485 = UGC 12360 = MCG +06-50-022 = CGCG 515-024 = PGC 70470

23 06 04.9 +34 06 28; Peg

V = 13.1;  Size 1.2'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 146°

 

17.5" (8/13/88): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated oval NW-SE, bright core, faint stellar nucleus.  A close mag 15 double star is 1.8' ESE = NGC 7486.

 

Forms a pair with UGC 12358 4.8' NW (incorrectly identified in RNGC as NGC 7485).  UGC 12358 appeared extremely faint, very elongated ~E-W, near visual threshold.  A star attached at the southwest end detracts from viewing.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7485 = h2207 on 19 Aug 1828 and recorded "vF; S; R; bM; 12"; has a * 10m, 5' preceding in same parallel.  His position is just 2 seconds of RA west of UGC 12360, though the mag 10 star is 7' west-northwest.

 

The RNGC misidentifies UGC 12358 as NGC 7485.  This extremely faint edge-on galaxy is located 4.8' northwest of NGC 7485.  The correct data for NGC 7485 is listed in the RNGC under NGC 7486.  This error was listed in my RNGC Corrections #3.

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NGC 7486

23 06 06.7 +34 04 25; Peg

 

17.5" (8/13/88): this number refers to three mag 15 stars located ~2' ESE NGC 7485.  Not knowing the nature of this object, I logged NGC 7486 as "very faint, extremely small, forming a close pair with a mag 15 star" and assumed this observation referred to a very small galaxy.  But on the DSS the "extremely small" object is just two very close mag 15 stars that form a tight triple with the mag 15 star.  Using Lord Rosse's 72", Copeland made the same error.

 

Ralph Copeland discovered NGC 7486 on 25 Aug 1871 while observing GC 4895 = NGC 7485.  He noted a "D neb f a little south [of NGC 7485]."  On 3 Dec 1877 Dreyer observed the field and logged "vF, vS, undoubtedly seen, position angle 109.5°± and distance 114"."  At Dreyer's exact offset from NGC 7485 is compact group of 4 faint stars that I also mistook as a nebulous in my 17.5"!  This is the last of 6 objects in Dreyer's Addenda to the GC Supplement (GC 6251).

 

RNGC misidentifies NGC 7485 as NGC 7486.  This error was noted in my Catalogue Corrections #3.

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NGC 7487 = NGC 7210 = UGC 12368 = MCG +05-54-035 = CGCG 496-043 = PGC 70496

23 06 50.5 +28 10 45; Peg

V = 13.5;  Size 1.8'x1.7'

 

17.5" (8/13/88): faint, fairly small, round, bright core, faint stellar nucleus.  Located 40' ENE of Beta Pegasi (V = 2.4).

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7487 = Sw. 4-89 on 3 Aug 1886 and noted "vF; S; R."  His RA is 8 seconds too large.

 

The original discovery of this galaxy was made by JH on 17 Nov 1827, but Harold Corwin found (April 2016) that he made a transcription error in copying his logbook RA to his Slough Catalogue, so the RA (marked as uncertain) is 1 hour too small.  Furthermore, he made another error when transferring the declination to the General Catalogue, so his GC and NGC north polar distance is one degree too large!  Correcting both of these errors, the position of NGC 7210 = h2148 matches NGC 7487.  Although NGC 7210 should be the primary designation, all catalogues of course identify this galaxy as NGC 7487 only (as of 2016).

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NGC 7488 = MCG +00-59-001 = CGCG 380-001 = PGC 70539

23 07 48.9 +00 56 26; Psc

V = 13.8;  Size 0.6'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.3;  PA = 150°

 

17.5" (8/1/87): fairly faint, very small, round, bright core.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7488 = m 522 on 11 Aug 1864 and noted "vF, vS, stellar."  His position in accurate.

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NGC 7489 = UGC 12378 = MCG +04-54-028 = CGCG 475-038 = PGC 70532

23 07 32.7 +22 59 53; Peg

V = 13.4;  Size 2.1'x1.1';  Surf Br = 14.1;  PA = 170°

 

13.1" (9/22/84): fairly faint, very diffuse, fairly small.  A mag 14 star is very close southwest, just 33" from the center.  Located 4.5' SSW of mag 8.9 SAO 91024 and 10.7' WSW of mag 8.3 SAO 91034.  NGC 7489 is larger and slightly brighter than IC 5285 8.6' WSW.  IC 5285, an unusual ring galaxy, appeared faint, very small, almost round, slightly elongated ~E-W, possible faint stellar nucleus.  A very faint mag 14.5 star is at the west edge, 23" from center.

 

William Lassell discovered NGC 7489 = m523 on 14 Sep 1863 from Malta and recorded "F, S, R; found by L."  This was his last of four NGC discoveries and occurred while Marth was already surveying Pegasus for new objects (10 were discovered between the 13th and 17th of Sep).  His position is off by 1.5' in dec (too far south).

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NGC 7490 = UGC 12379 = MCG +05-54-036 = CGCG 496-044 = PGC 70526

23 07 25.2 +32 22 30; Peg

V = 12.3;  Size 2.8'x2.6';  Surf Br = 14.3

 

17.5" (8/13/88): moderately bright, fairly large, round, bright core, stellar nucleus, large faint halo.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7490 = St. 10-39 on 2 Oct 1867 and recorded a rough position (12' too far SW) in his logbook.  He measured a micrometric position on 11 Oct 1879.  Edward Holden found this galaxy again on 21 Aug 1881 with the 15.6-inch Clark refractor at the Washburn Observatory.  He assumed it was new and reported it as #23 in a list of new nebulae (Publications of the Washburn Observatory, Vol I).  Both Stephan and Holden were credited with the discovery in the NGC.

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NGC 7491 = MCG -01-59-002 = PGC 70546

23 08 06.0 -05 58 00; Aqr

V = 14.1;  Size 0.9'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 172°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): very faint, small, round, weak concentration.  Located 2.5' N of a mag 10 star.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7491 = St. 12-94 on 2 Oct 1867, and recorded a rough unpublished position (3' too far NW) in his logbook.  He measured a micrometric position on 21 Aug 1881.

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NGC 7492

23 08 26.6 -15 36 41; Aqr

V = 11.5;  Size 4.2'

 

24" (11/24/14): picked up at 200x as a faint, large, low surface brightness glow with a very weak concentration, 4'-5' diameter.  At 375x, a few resolved stars shone steadily and quite a number popped in/out view consistently.  Perhaps two dozen were intermittently resolved, though the surface was too lively (particularly with averted vision) to count reliably. These are the brightest red giant members and range from mag 15.5 to 16+.

 

17.5" (8/1/86): faint, large, round, diffuse, no resolution.

 

8" (8/28/81): very faint, diffuse, moderately large, no resolution.  Very low surface brightness for a NGC globular and difficult with this aperture.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7492 = H. III-558 = h2208 on 20 Sep 1786 (sweep 595) and recorded "eF, cL, irregularly round.  By changing and wiping the eye glasses, I saw it with both so as to leave no doubt.  5 or 6' dia."  John Herschel called this cluster "eF; vL; 2 or 3'; the faintest thing imaginable; half way between two coarse double stars in the same parallel."  NGC 7492 is the faintest of 38 globulars that William Herschel discovered.

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NGC 7493

23 08 31.6 +00 54 36; Psc

 

= *, Corwin.

 

Guillaume Bigourdan discovered NGC 7493 = Big. 95 on 28 Oct 1886 and noted "mag 13.4; stellar.  Sky mediocre."  His micrometric position corresponds with a mag 15 star, so this identification is secure.

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NGC 7494 = ESO 535-005 = MCG -04-54-007 = PGC 70568

23 08 58.6 -24 22 10; Aqr

V = 14.7;  Size 0.9'x0.8';  Surf Br = 14.2

 

17.5" (10/21/95): extremely faint, small, round, 25" diameter, very low even surface brightness, requires averted vision.  NGC 7498 lies 13.5' ESE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7494 = m 524, along with NGC 7498, on 24 Sep 1864 and noted "eF, vS, stellar."  His position is accurate to within 1'.

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NGC 7495 = UGC 12391 = MCG +02-59-003 = CGCG 431-006 = PGC 70566

23 08 57.2 +12 02 53; Peg

V = 13.1;  Size 1.8'x1.7';  Surf Br = 14.1;  PA = 5°

 

17.5" (7/19/90): faint, fairly small, oval 3:2 SSW-NNE, even surface brightness.  A mag 13 star is at the NNE end.  Located 7' NW of mag 8.7 SAO 108451.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7495 = Sw. 2-98 on 31 Oct 1885 and recorded "eF; lE; S; 9m star close nf."  His position is just 6 seconds of RA too small.  There is 9th magnitude star 7' southeast, but he is likely referring to the 12-13th magnitude star 1.3' northeast.

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NGC 7496 = ESO 291-001 = MCG -07-47-020 = VV 771 = LGG 472-001 = PGC 70588

23 09 47.3 -43 25 41; Gru

V = 11.1;  Size 3.3'x3.0';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 2°

 

17.5" (10/20/90): faint, fairly small, oval 3:2 NNW-SSE, brighter core.  A mag 10.5 star is off the north end 1.8' from center!  Located 32' W of mag 4.3 Theta Gruis (V = 4.3).

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7496 = h3973 on 5 Sep 1834 and recorded "B; L; lE; very gradually much brighter middle; to a * 13m."

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NGC 7497 = UGC 12392 = MCG +03-59-002 = CGCG 454-003 = LGG 470-003 = PGC 70569

23 09 03.4 +18 10 38; Peg

V = 12.2;  Size 4.9'x1.1';  Surf Br = 14.0;  PA = 48°

 

17.5" (9/2/89): fairly faint, fairly large, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE, brighter middle, fairly low surface brightness.

 

On deep images, NGC 7497 resides in a remarkable streak of "Integrated Flux Nebula" in Pegasus.  IFN, also known as Galactic Cirrus is dust and gas outside the plane of the Milky Way.  It dimly shines by reflected light (blue) as well as fluoresced by ultraviolet light of massive stars within the disk of our galaxy.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7497 = H. III-203 = h2209 on 15 Oct 1784 (sweep 290) and recorded "vF, E, considerably L, about 2' long."  John Herschel made two observations: "eF; E like the tail of a comet; little brighter in the middle." (sweep 11) and "vF; mE; pos 45° nf to sp; 4' l, 1' br." (sweep 92).

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NGC 7498 = ESO 535-006 = MCG -04-54-008 = PGC 70590

23 09 56.2 -24 25 30; Aqr

V = 14.2;  Size 0.9'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 2°

 

17.5" (10/21/95): very faint, small, elongated 2:1 N-S, 40"x20", very weak concentration.  Located 4.7' SSW of a mag 11 star.  A mag 13.5 star is 2.1' NW and a mag 15 star 1.5' NE of center.  NGC 7494 lies 13.5' WNW.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7498 = m 525, along with NGC 7494, on 24 Sep 1864 and noted "vF, S, irr R."  His dec is 1' too large.  Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1898-99 at Denver.

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NGC 7499 = UGC 12397 = MCG +01-59-005 = CGCG 406-007 = WBL 698-002 = PGC 70608

23 10 22.4 +07 34 50; Psc

V = 13.5;  Size 1.1'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 10°

 

24" (12/8/20): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated N-S, ~0.5'x0.4', broad weak concentration. Westernmost of a trio with NGC 7501 and 7503.

 

17.5" (8/1/87): faint, small, round, weak concentration.  First of three with NGC 7501 2.1' ENE and NGC 7503 5.0' ESE.  This trio is the brightest in the Pegasus II cluster.  Two very faint members, MCG +01-59-002 and CGCG 406-005 are located 5' W and ~8' SW, respectively.  Located 14' NNE of mag 7.2 SAO 128008.

 

CGCG 406-005 required averted vision using 220x to momentarily glimpse a very low surface brightness circular patch, about 20" diameter.  Situated 3.0' NW of a mag 12.5-13 star.  A star appears to be very close or involved or possibly the galaxy contains a faint stellar nucleus.  Located ~10' SW of the NGC 7499/7501/7503 trio.

 

MCG +01-59-002 was also a difficult target and appeared as an extremely faint, small thin sliver, ~0.3'x0.1', but too faint for any details.  Collinear with brighter NGC 7499 and NGC 7501 to the east.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7499 = m 526, along with NGC 7501 and 7503, on 2 Sep 1864 and noted "vF, vS, stellar."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7500 = UGC 12399 = MCG +02-59-004 = CGCG 431-008 = PGC 70620

23 10 29.8 +11 00 44; Peg

V = 13.3;  Size 2.1'x1.1';  Surf Br = 14.1;  PA = 125°

 

17.5" (9/19/87): faint, small, slightly elongated, small bright core, possible faint stellar nucleus.  Located 12' N of mag 7.4 SAO 108442.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7500 = Sw. 4-90 on 8 Aug 1886 and noted "eF; vS; R."  His position is 8 seconds too far west and 1' too far north (2.3' error).

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NGC 7501 = MCG +01-59-007 = CGCG 406-008 = WBL 698-003 = PGC 70619

23 10 30.4 +07 35 21; Psc

V = 14.0;  Size 1.0'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.7

 

24" (12/8/20): faint, small, round, 25", very small bright nucleus.  Middle and faintest of a trio with NGC 7499 2' WSW and NGC 7503 3' ESE.

 

17.5" (8/1/87): very faint, very small, round, very small brighter core.  NGC 7501 is the faintest in a trio with NGC 7499 2.1' WSW and NGC 7503 3.2' ESE.  Located in the core of the Pegasus II galaxy cluster.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7501 = m 527, along with NGC 7499 and 7503, on 2 Sep 1864 and simply noted "eF".  His dec is 1' too large.

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NGC 7502 = ESO 604-005

23 10 19.8 -21 44 15; Aqr

 

= faint **, ESO.

 

Frank Muller discovered NGC 7502 = LM 2-471 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory.  He reported "mag 15.8; 0.3' dia; E 290°; double star?" There is nothing at his rough position, but Harold Corwin identifies NGC 7502 as a double star (20" separation on the DSS) just 30 seconds west of Muller's position and matching his PA and size estimates.  ESO and RNGC also identify NGC 7502 as a double star.

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NGC 7503 = MCG +01-59-008 = CGCG 406-012 = WBL 698-004 = PGC 70628

23 10 42.3 +07 34 04; Psc

V = 13.7;  Size 1.1'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.6

 

24" (12/8/20): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 30" diameter, very small bright nucleus.

 

17.5" (8/1/87): faint, small, round.  NGC 7503 is the third in a trio with NGC 7501 3.2' WNW and similar to NGC 7499 5.0' WNW but with a more compact core.  Located in the core of the Pegasus II cluster.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7503 = m 528, along with NGC 7499 and 7503, on 2 Sep 1864 and noted "vF, S, stellar."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7504

23 10 41.1 +14 23 10; Peg

 

= *?, Corwin.  =*, Carlson.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7504 = m 529 on 2 Sep 1864 and noted "vF, S, stellar."  There is no nearby galaxy to his position.  Bigourdan was unsuccessful in identifying it, of course, and Reinmuth identified a nearby mag 14 star as NGC 7504 (repeated by Carlson in her 1940 paper on NGC/IC corrections).  Harold Corwin also tentatively identifies NGC 7504 with this star as he was unable to find another candidate.  Still, we could just call this number lost.

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NGC 7505 = CGCG 431-009 = PGC 70636

23 11 00.7 +13 37 54; Peg

V = 14.4;  Size 0.8'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 111°

 

18" (10/25/03): very faint, extremely small, 10" diameter.  At 257x, a very faint stellar nucleus was clearly visible embedded in a small halo.  Located 22' WSW of NGC 7511.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7505 = Sw. 5-94 on 25 Sep 1886 and recorded "eeeF; eS; lE; nearly between a bright star and a very wide double star."  His position is fairly accurate.

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NGC 7506 = UGC 12406 = MCG +00-59-005 = CGCG 380-006 = PGC 70660

23 11 41.0 -02 09 36; Psc

V = 12.9;  Size 1.7'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 103°

 

17.5" (8/1/87): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated WNW-ESE, bright core, fainter extensions.  NGC 7517 lies 23.5' ENE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7506 = H. III-184 = h2210 on 20 Sep 1784 (sweep 279) and logged "eF, vS, stellar.  240 verified it."  On 6 Sep 1831 (sweep 371), John Herschel called it "Not vF; R; gradually brighter and suddenly much brighter in the middle to a * 15m."  His mean position from two observations is accurate.

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NGC 7507 = ESO 469-019 = MCG -05-54-022 = AM 2309-284 = PGC 70676

23 12 07.6 -28 32 22; Scl

V = 10.4;  Size 2.8'x2.7';  Surf Br = 12.5

 

17.5" (10/13/90): bright, fairly small, round, unusually bright compact core, stellar nucleus.  Located 6' NW of a mag 10 star.  NGC 7513 lies 18' NE. 

 

8" (7/24/82) : fairly bright, small, small very bright core.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7507 = H. II-2 = h2211 = h3974 on 30 Oct 1783 (second night of sweeps, #7), and recorded it with the internal discovery #2.  He made a total of 3 observations and logged it on 1 Sep 1785 (sweep 430) as "pB, S, irr figure, mbM."

 

John Herschel made observations both at Slough and at the Cape of Good Hope, where he logged "B; R; pretty suddenly very much brighter middle; 60"."

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NGC 7508 = UGC 12408 = MCG +02-59-005 = CGCG 431-011 = PGC 70663

23 11 49.2 +12 56 25; Peg

V = 14.7;  Size 1.0'x0.3';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 160°

 

17.5" (7/19/90): very faint, very small, edge-on 4:1 NNW-SSE, very thin extensions from stellar nucleus.  A mag 11 star is 2.5' NW.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7508 = h2212 on 13 Oct 1825 (sweep 14) and called it "eF; R; seems to have a star in centre."  His position is fairly accurate.

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NGC 7509 = MCG +02-59-006 = CGCG 431-013 = PGC 70679

23 12 21.4 +14 36 34; Peg

V = 13.7;  Size 1.1'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.8

 

17.5" (9/23/89): faint, small, slightly elongated E-W, weak gradual concentration.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7509 = Sw. 4-91 on 8 Aug 1886 with his 16-inch refractor and recorded "vF; S; R: bet 2 stars."  His position is 7 seconds of RA west and 1' north of CGCG 431-013.  The 2 stars might be a mag 9.5 star 5' northeast and a mag 9.9 star 5' south or refer to two fainter but closer stars.

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NGC 7510 = Cr 454 = Lund 1030 = Do 57 = OCL-256

23 11 04 +60 34 18; Cep

V = 7.9;  Size 4'

 

18" (10/9/04 and 9/3/08): beautifully rich, small cluster with a triangular or wedge-shaded outline.  Roughly 50 stars are resolved in a 4'x2' region with additional sprays of stars extending to the SW and NE.  There is a well-defined border of brighter stars running SW-NE along the south side of the wedge with the brightest mag 9.6 member at the east end of this string.  There are several 11-12th mag members, but most seem mag 13 and fainter.  The north end of the giant HII complex Sh 2-157 lies ~30' E.

 

17.5" (10/17/98): very pretty triangular wedge of stars in a 5x2' group.  There are brighter stars at the west and east vertex with the brightest star at the following end.  Within the triangle are two dozen stars oriented SW-NE including a number of mag 14-15 stars on the eastern side.  Just following the main grouping are another 8 or 9 stars that may be part of the cluster.  Picked up while viewing nearby Sh2-157.

 

13.1" (9/9/83): striking at 62x, about two dozen stars in a wedge-shape elongated SW-NE.  Compact cluster Mrk 50 and HII region LBN 11 is ~30' ESE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7510 = H. VII-44 = h2213 on 3 Nov 1787 (sweep 773) and recorded "a cl of compressed pL stars, considerably rich, E, the stars arranged in lines."  On 29 Sep 1829 (sweep 213), John Herschel logged "a very pretty fan-shaped cluster of pB close stars in two lines with other small to N.  A * 10m taken.  Another 11m dist 19 seconds; pos = 244°."

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NGC 7511 = UGC 12412 = MCG +02-59-007 = CGCG 431-012 = PGC 70691

23 12 26.3 +13 43 35; Peg

V = 13.9;  Size 1.1'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 133°

 

17.5" (7/19/90): faint, small, elongated 2:1 NW-SW, even surface brightness.  A mag 15 star is at the south end.  A distinctive line of five stars mag 12-13 oriented NW-SE follows.

 

17.5" (9/23/89): very faint, very small, slightly elongated, almost even surface brightness.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7511 = Sw. 4-92 = Sw. 5-95 on 6 Sep 1886 and recorded "eeF; S; R; 5 or 6 stars nf in a line; e diff."  His RA was 9 seconds too large.  He found this galaxy again later in the month (25 Sep) and reported it as new in his 5th discovery list (#95) at the correct position and a similar description.

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NGC 7512 = UGC 12414 = MCG +05-54-046 = CGCG 496-054 = PGC 70683

23 12 20.9 +31 07 32; Peg

V = 12.6;  Size 1.5'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 30°

 

17.5" (8/13/88): fairly faint, fairly small, almost round, small bright core.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7512 = St. 9-34 = Sw. 2-99 on 18 Sep 1873.  His rough RA was 23 seconds too small (similar to other positions that night).  His published discovery position (list 9, #34) was based on offsets taken 5 years later on 28 Sep 1878.  Lewis Swift found this galaxy again on 10 Oct 1884.  He reported it as new (list 2, #99) with description "B; pL; R; bM.  Easy in presence of a half moon."  His RA was 12 seconds too small.

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NGC 7513 = ESO 469-022 = MCG -05-54-023 = UGCA 437 = AM 2310-283B = PGC 70714

23 13 14.0 -28 21 27; Scl

V = 11.4;  Size 3.2'x2.1';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 108°

 

17.5" (10/13/90): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 WSW-ENE, bright core.  Located 3' NNW of a wide bright pair consisting of mag 8.1 SAO 191733 and a mag 10 star at 52" separation.  NGC 7507 lies 18' SW.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7513 = m 530 on 24 Sep 1864 and logged "vF, pL, E, gradually brighter in the middle."  His position is accurate. E.E. Barnard independently found this galaxy in Sep 1883 (Sidereal Messenger, Vol 2, p 226) with his 5-inch refractor at Nashville.  Barnard described it as "faint, moderate size, in field with and 20' nf GC 4900 [NGC 7507] and close north-following 2 stars", but the galaxy is NNW of the stars.  He soon published a note (Sidereal Messenger, Vol 2, p 290) that his object was the same as GC 6131 = NGC 7513.

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NGC 7514 = UGC 12415 = MCG +06-50-026 = CGCG 515-027 = PGC 70689

23 12 25.9 +34 52 53; Peg

V = 12.5;  Size 1.4'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 132°

 

17.5" (8/13/88): fairly faint, fairly small, oval WNW-ESE, weak concentration.  Located 3.2' SSE of mag 8.5 SAO 73084.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7514 = St. 8a-27 on 18 Sep 1873.  His rough RA was 15 seconds too small (similar to other positions that night).  His published discovery position (list 8a, #27) was based on offsets taken 3 years later on 21 Sep 1876.

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NGC 7515 = UGC 12418 = MCG +02-59-008 = CGCG 431-015 = LGG 471-002 = PGC 70699

23 12 48.7 +12 40 45; Peg

V = 12.4;  Size 1.7'x1.6';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 15°

 

17.5" (9/23/89): moderately bright, fairly small, oval ~N-S, bright core.  Collinear with a bright wide double star 8' SSE (8.9/9.0 at 27").

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7515 = H. III-220 = h2214 = Sw. 5-96 on 19 Oct 1784 (sweep 299) and recorded "vF, S, irr R, r."  His position matches UGC 12418.  He found the galaxy again on 23 Nov 1785 (sweep 476) and noted "F, R, bM, about 1 1/2' in diam."  John Herschel also made 3 observations.  Lewis Swift independently found this galaxy on 29 Sep 1886 and reported in his 5th discovery list, "pB; pS; R; double star points to it."  Swift's position is 10' too far north, but his description applies.

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NGC 7516 = UGC 12420 = MCG +03-59-010 = CGCG 454-006 = PGC 70703

23 12 51.9 +20 14 54; Peg

V = 13.3;  Size 1.1'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 110°

 

17.5" (9/23/89): faint, small, irregularly round, small bright core, faint halo.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7516 = m 531 on 5 Sep 1864 and noted "F, vS, stellar."  His position is off by 1' northwest.

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NGC 7517 = MCG +00-59-008 = CGCG 380-010 = PGC 70715

23 13 13.8 -02 06 02; Psc

V = 14.4;  Size 0.6'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.3;  PA = 148°

 

17.5" (8/1/87): faint, very small, round, seen with direct vision.  A mag 13 star is 0.9' WNW.  Located 2.3' S of mag 8.8 SAO 146567.  Located in the NGC 7556 group with NGC 7506 23.5' ESE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7517 = m 532 on 5 Oct 1863 and noted "vF, vS, stellar."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7518 = UGC 12422 = MCG +01-59-012 = CGCG 406-020 = Mrk 527 = LGG 473-002 = PGC 70712

23 13 12.7 +06 19 18; Psc

V = 13.4;  Size 1.4'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.7;  PA = 126°

 

24" (1/1/16): fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated NW-SE, 30"x24", small brighter nucleus.  Forms a pair with superthin UGC 12433 (axial ratio 10:1), located 6.6' due north.  Outlying member of the Pegasus I cluster.

 

UGC 12423 appeared very faint, very thin streak at least 8:1 NW-SE, ~1.5'x10", very small brighter nucleus.  The southeast extension was longer than the northwest.  Situated directly between a mag 10.8 star 2.3' SW and a mag 12.7 star 1.8' NE.

 

17.5" (11/1/86): faint, fairly small, diffuse, very slightly elongated, small weak concentration.  Observation in poor seeing.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7518 = m 533 on 29 Aug 1863 and noted "vF, S, R."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7519 = UGC 12424 = MCG +02-59-009 = CGCG 431-016 = PGC 70713

23 13 11.2 +10 46 20; Peg

V = 13.9;  Size 1.3'x0.9';  Surf Br = 14.0;  PA = 165°

 

24" (10/6/18): at 260x; between faint and fairly faint, fairly large, irregularly round or slightly elongated (outer halo changes with averted), ~1.25'x1.0', broad concentration with an ill-defined brighter core.  The surface brightness is slightly uneven and gave the sense of a face-on spiral (later confirmed).

 

UGC 12416 lies 7.4' WSW.  At 260x and 375x it appeared at least fairly faint and nearly moderately bright, small, ~18"x10", surprisingly high surface brightness with a sharp stellar nucleus!    The galaxy is collinear with a mag 10.1 star 2.8' NNE and a mag 12.2 star 1.8' NNE.

 

17.5" (9/23/89): very faint, fairly small, almost round, diffuse.  Located 6' N of a wide double star mag 9/11 at 21".

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7519 = m 534 on 5 Oct 1864 and noted "vF, pL."  His position is a perfect match with UGC 12424.  Harold Corwin notes that Bigourdan's RA "correction" in the IC 2 notes applies to another galaxy (UGC 12416 = Mrk 526) that is located 28 seconds of RA further west and 2.5' north.  See Corwin's notes.

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NGC 7520 = IC 5290 = ESO 535-008 = MCG -04-54-014 = PGC 70705

23 12 53.3 -23 28 09; Aqr

V = 13.2;  Size 1.3'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 66°

 

18" (10/25/08): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 0.6'x0.4', very weak concentration.  Situated between two fainter doubles 5' NNE (a 15" pair of mag 13.5/14.5 stars)  and 5' S (a 10" pair of mag 14 stars).  Another mag 13 star lies 2' SE.

 

NGC 7520 is listed as nonexistent in most sources.  Harold Corwin suggests the possibility that NGC 7520 is equivalent to IC 5290 (described above).

 

Wilhelm Tempel discovered NGC 7520 = T. 1-49 in 1876 and noted "class II size; class III brightness; seen repeatedly; position difficult to determine."  There is nothing near his rough position (given only to the nearest min of time and noted as very uncertain "::").  Herbert Howe was unsuccessful in locating it on two nights at the Chamberlin Observatory in Denver and RNGC classifies the number as nonexistent.

 

Harold Corwin suggests that NGC 7520 may be identical to IC 5290, discovered by Johann Palisa on 4 Oct 1896 with the 27-inch refractor at Vienna (1897AN....143...49W).  This requires Tempel's declination to be 20' too far south, though the RA is less than a minute off.

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NGC 7521 = MCG +00-59-009 = CGCG 380-011 = PGC 70725

23 13 35.3 -01 43 53; Psc

V = 13.9;  Size 0.6'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.3;  PA = 165°

 

17.5" (8/1/87): fairly faint, very small, round, very small bright core, stellar nucleus.  NGC 7524 not seen 2.8' E.  NGC 7517 lies 22' SSW.  Located within the NGC 7556 group.

 

17.5" (7/20/90): similar appearance as earlier observation by NGC 7524 also observed.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7521 = m 535, along with NGC 7524, on 18 Nov 1864 and noted "vF, pS, pretty suddenly brighter in the middle."  His position is accurate.  See notes for N7524.

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NGC 7522

23 15 36.4 -22 53 41; Aqr

 

= *?, Corwin. = Not found, RNGC

 

Frank Muller discovered NGC 7522 = LM 2-472 in 1886 at Leander McCormick Observatory and recorded "mag 16.0; 0.3' dia, irregularly round, suddenly brighter in the middle?; *10 in PA 75° at 3.2' separation."  There is nothing at Muller's rough position (nearest min of RA) and Howe was unsuccessful in finding it on 3 nights.  Confusingly, ESO places 535-009 at the nominal NGC position but there is no obvious galaxy there.  RNGC classifies the number as nonexistent

 

Corwin suggests NGC 7522 might be a faint star 1 min 45 sec of RA following Muller's position (typical error).  A mag 11-12 star is 3' separation in PA  70° matching Muller's description.

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NGC 7523 = CGCG 431-018 = PGC 70726

23 13 34.7 +13 59 12; Peg

V = 14.8;  Size 1.1'x0.3';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 3°

 

17.5" (7/19/90): very faint, very small, round (must have viewed the core only).  A mag 14/15 double star is off the north edge.  Forms a close pair with NGC 7525 2.5' NE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7523 = m 536, along with NGC 7525, on 3 Nov 1864 and noted "eeF, E." His positions for both objects are off 1' too far southwest.

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NGC 7524 = MCG +00-59-010 = PGC 70737

23 13 46.6 -01 43 48; Psc

V = 14.7;  Size 0.9'x0.3';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 172°

 

17.5" (7/20/90): extremely faint, very small, round.  Located 2.8' E of NGC 7521 in the large NGC 7556 group.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7524 = m 537, along with NGC 7522, on 18 Nov 1864 and noted "eF, vS."  His position and relative separation with NGC 7522 is accurate.

 

CGCG (380-046) completely misplaces NGC 7524 by over 5° and apparently this large error was repeated in the RNGC rectangular coordinates.  The error was listed in my RNGC Corrections #5.

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NGC 7525 = CGCG 431-019 = Mrk 316 = PGC 70731

23 13 40.5 +14 01 16; Peg

V = 14.5;  Size 0.6'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.1

 

17.5" (7/19/90): faint, very small, round, weak concentration, extremely faint star involved or faint stellar nucleus.  Forms a pair with NGC 7523 2.5' SW.  An extremely faint companion (not seen) is at the north edge.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7525 = m 538, along with NGC 7523, on 3 Nov 1864 and noted "eF, vS, vlE, gradually brighter in the middle."

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NGC 7526

23 14 02.1 -09 13 15; Aqr

 

18" (10/25/08): at 174x this object appears as a mag 14 star with a nearby very small knot (sometimes resolved) close SSE [35"].  At 450x the "knot" is cleanly resolved into a close, faint triple star with components 15-15.5 and separations 9" and 13".  Located 29' WSW of mag 4.2 91 Aqr.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7526 = H. III-470 on 28 Nov 1785 (sweep 479) and logged "eF, vS, 240x left it doubtful."  There is no nebulous object near his position.  Karl Reinmuth (1926) reported finding on a Heidelberg plate "3 F st in line 10°, no neb; *14 np nr."  Harold Corwin also tentatively identifies NGC 7526 as a short line (length of 20") of three mag 15 stars (length of 20").

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NGC 7527 = UGC 12428 = MCG +04-54-031 = CGCG 475-045 = PGC 70728

23 13 41.8 +24 54 08; Peg

V = 13.4;  Size 1.3'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 165°

 

17.5" (9/23/89): faint, small, slightly elongated NNW-SSE, small bright core.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7527 = m 539 on 5 Sep 1864 and noted "vF, vS, stellar."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7528 = 2MASX J23142026+1013531 = PGC 70770

23 14 20.3 +10 13 53; Peg

V = 15.0;  Size 0.4'x0.3'

 

17.5" (9/23/89): extremely faint and small, round, low surface brightness.  Located 5.5' NE of mag 8.9 SAO 128054.

 

Ainslie Common discovered NGC 7528 = Nova #26 in August of 1880 with his 36-inch reflector and simply noted "F, S."  His approximate position (obtained by reading the setting circles) is 25 seconds of RA due west of PGC 70770.  Bigourdan could not find this galaxy (at V = 15, perhaps too faint for his 12.5-inch refractor.  This galaxy is not in MCG or CGCG.

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NGC 7529 = UGC 12431 = MCG +01-59-014 = CGCG 406-024 = PGC 70755

23 14 03.2 +08 59 33; Peg

V = 14.1;  Size 0.9'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.5

 

17.5" (11/1/86): fairly faint, fairly small, almost round, almost even surface brightness.  Located 14.5' E of mag 7.6 SAO 128037.  Outlying member of the Pegasus I cluster.

 

Wilhelm Tempel discovered NGC 7529 = T. 4-12 on 2 Jul 1880 and noted "vF, I thought it was Comet Faye."

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NGC 7530 = MCG -01-59-004 = KTS 71A = PGC 70759

23 14 11.8 -02 46 46; Psc

V = 14.4;  Size 0.7'x0.4';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 120°

 

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.

 

13.1" (9/29/84 and 10/20/84): faint, diffuse, even surface brightness, slightly smaller than NGC 7534 4.1' NE.  Member of the NGC 7532-7556 group.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7530 = m 540, along with NGC 7532 and 7534, on 1 Oct 1864 and noted "eF, vS, alm stellar."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7531 = ESO 291-010 = MCG -07-47-025 = AM 2312-435 = LGG 472-002 = PGC 70800

23 14 48.5 -43 36 00; Gru

V = 11.3;  Size 4.5'x1.8';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 15°

 

13.1" (9/3/86): moderately bright, fairly small, oval ~N-S, brighter core.  Located 7.0' due west of mag 8 SAO 231518.  Appears bright for such a low elevation galaxy from Northern California.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7531 = h3975 on 2 Sep 1836 and recorded "pB; S; lE; pretty gradually much brighter middle."  His single position is accurate.

 

Pietro Baracchi observed this object on 2 Nov 1885 with the Great Melbourne Telescope and wrote, "B, vmE, gradually brighter in the middle, about 2' long and 25" broad - ends indistinct, edges soft. The axis is in a direction n.f. (see diagram).  A star 13m follows nebula by 17 seconds and is 18" north of it.  Another star 7 mag follows nebula by 40" and is 10" south of it."

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NGC 7532 = MCG -01-59-005 = Mrk 529 = KTS 71B = PGC 70779

23 14 22.2 -02 43 41; Psc

V = 13.6;  Size 1.3'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 150°

 

24" (8/7/13): brightest and largest in a trio of NGC galaxies (KTS 71) in a 6' string oriented SW to NE.  At 375x appeared moderately bright and large, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, well concentrated with a small bright round nucleus.  A mag 10.7 star lies 2.3' S.  NGC 7534 is 2' NE and NGC 7530 is 4' SW.  Situated 6.8' SE of mag 7.1 HD 219200.

 

17.5" (8/1/87): brightest and largest of three on a line with NGC 7530 4.1' SW and NGC 7534 2.1' NE.  Fairly faint, fairly small, elongated NW-SE, small bright core, stellar nucleus.  Located 6.8' SE of mag 7.5 SAO 146580.

 

13.1" (9/29/84 and 10/20/84): brightest and largest of trio, fairly faint, small bright core, slightly elongated.

 

13.1" (11/5/83): very faint, small, round.  Second of three with NGC 7530 3' SW and NGC 7534 2' NNE.  Located SE of a mag 7 star in the NGC 7532/7556 group.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7532 = m 541, along with NGC 7530 and 7534, on 1 Oct 1864 and noted "vF, vS, lE."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7533 = CGCG 380-013 = PGC 70778

23 14 22.1 -02 02 01; Psc

V = 14.5;  Size 0.7'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 135°

 

17.5" (7/20/90): very faint, very small, slightly elongated WNW-ESE, small brighter core.  Located 5.6' NW of mag 8.9 SAO 146588 in the NGC 7556 group.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7533 = m 542 on 5 Oct 1864 and noted "F, S, R."  His position is accurate.  CGCG misidentifies CGCG 380-053 as NGC 7533.  The correct CGCG entry is 380-013.

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NGC 7534 = MCG -01-59-006 = KTS 71C = PGC 70781

23 14 26.6 -02 41 54; Psc

V = 14.5;  Size 1.2'x0.8';  PA = 15°

 

24" (8/7/13): faintest and last of three with NGC 7530 and 7532.  At 375x appeared fairly faint, small, elongated 5:3 SSW-NNE, 24"x15".  A mag 14 star is off the south side.  Located 2' NE of NGC 7532 (brightest in the trio) and 6' SE of mag 7 HD 219200.

 

17.5" (8/1/87): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated N-S.  A mag 15 star is just off the south edge 30" from the center.  Third of three on a line with NGC 7532 2.0' SW and NGC 7530 6.1' SW.  Located 6.3' SW of a mag 7.5 star in the NGC 7556 group.

 

13.1" (9/29/84): faintest of three in a group.  Faint, very small, possibly slightly elongated.  Located 3' NE of NGC 7532.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7534 = m 543, along with NGC 7530 and 7532, on 1 Oct 1864 and noted "eF, vS, lE." His position is accurate.

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NGC 7535 = UGC 12438 = MCG +02-59-010 = CGCG 431-023 = LGG 471-003 = PGC 70761

23 14 12.7 +13 34 54; Peg

V = 13.7;  Size 1.5'x1.5';  Surf Br = 14.4

 

17.5" (9/23/89): faint, fairly small, very diffuse, sharp stellar nucleus or star superimposed.  Pair with NGC 7536 9.2' S.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7535 = Sw. 5-97, along with NGC 7536, on 29 Sep 1886 and recorded "eeeF; pS; R; ee diff.; bet. a faint near star and a bright star following; n of 2 [with NGC 7536]."  His position is accurate and the description applies.

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NGC 7536 = UGC 12437 = MCG +02-59-011 = CGCG 431-022 = LGG 471-004 = PGC 70765

23 14 13.3 +13 25 38; Peg

V = 13.4;  Size 1.9'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 56°

 

17.5" (9/23/89): faint, fairly small, oval SW-NE, bright core.  A group of five stars are within a 3' radius including a mag 13 star 1.3' NW, a mag 12 star 2.5' NE and a mag 11 star 2.4' SSW.  Pair with NGC 7335 9.2' N in the NGC 7556 group.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7536 = Sw. 5-98, along with NGC 7535, on 29 Sep 1886 and recorded "eeF; pS; R; curiously placed in a ring of 6 stars np of center."  His position and description is accurate.  This is one of several candidates that Corwin suggests might be John Herschel's NGC 7555.

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NGC 7537 = UGC 12442 = MCG +01-59-016 = CGCG 406-028 = Holm 805b = PGC 70786

23 14 34.5 +04 29 54; Psc

V = 13.2;  Size 2.2'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 79°

 

17.5" (8/10/91): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 3:1 WSW-ENE, 1.5'x0.5', much brighter core has a fairly high surface brightness, narrow faint extensions from core.  Forms a striking (physical) pair with NGC 7541 3.1' NE. 

 

13.1" (9/3/83): faint, small, elongated ~E-W, thin extensions, slightly brighter core.  Situated 3' SW of brighter and larger NGC 7541.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7537 = H. II-429 = h2215, along with NGC 7541, on 30 Aug 1785 (sweep 427).  He recorded both as "Two, the time and polar distance is that of the largest [NGC 7541]; pretty bright, much extended about 4' l; extended mbM about 1' broad, the extent nearly in the parallel.  The other [NGC 7537] is very faint, considerably small, about 3 or 4' south preceding the large one; and but for the large one might have been overlooked."  John Herschel observed the galaxy on 16 Oct 1827 (sweep 95): "F; S; R; bM; the sp of 2 [with NGC 7541]."

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NGC 7538 = LBN 542 = Sh 2-158 = Ced 209

23 13 38 +61 30 42; Cep

Size 10'x5'

 

18" (9/3/08): at 115x, this HII region appears bright, fairly large, surrounding two mag 11.5 stars SW-NE with a mag 14 star to the west of the SW star.  The main portion of the nebulosity (Sh 2-158) is elongated SW-NE and extends 3'x2'.  Using an OIII filter, fainter nebulosity extends on the NE side, making an oval 4.5'x3'.  The brightest portion is on the southwest side and this high surface brightness area encases the faint star mentioned above.  The SW mag 11.5 star (IRS 6) is a massive O3-type and the main ionizing source of Sh 2-158.  The 14th mag star (IRS 5) is also an O9-type.

 

17.5" (8/10/91): fairly large elongated emission nebula 2.0'x0.75' oriented NW-SE.  Surrounds two mag 11.5 stars oriented SW-NE (PA = 35°) with a separation of 30".  The nebulosity extends SW of the pair and is brightest just west of the pair.  A mag 15 star is at the SW end and a mag 14 star is 30" W of the southern mag 11.5 star.  At 100x using an OIII filter the nebulosity is very bright and a fainter glow also extends east of the pair to a size of 3'x2'.

 

8": faint nebulosity with two mag 12 stars involved.  Appears elongated and fairly large.  Easy to view with averted.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7538 = H. II-706 on 3 Nov 1787 (sweep 773). He recorded "very faint nebulosity of 3 or 4' extent, contains two considerable stars, but they do not seem to be connected with it."   On 26 Nov 1788 (sweep 887) he noted "2 pretty small stars involved in nebulosity, about 2' l and 1 1/2' broad, pBM."  In his 1814 PT paper Herschel argued that this was too unusual to be line of sight arrangement and the stars had formed within the nebula!  His eyepiece sketch was included (fig. 3) as representative of the class "two stars with nebulosity between them."

 

Birr Castle assistant Ralph Copeland sketched the nebula in Sep 1873 and showed two extremely faint, curved thin "tails" extending east and west.

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NGC 7539 = UGC 12443 = MCG +04-54-035 = CGCG 475-048 = PGC 70783

23 14 29.5 +23 41 05; Peg

V = 12.5;  Size 1.5'x1.2';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 165°

 

17.5" (9/23/89): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated NW-SE, small bright core, stellar nucleus, diffuse elongated halo.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7539 = h2217 on 17 Aug 1828 and recorded "F; S; R: pretty suddenly brighter middle; 12"."  His single position is very accurate.

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NGC 7540 = CGCG 454-010 = PGC 70788

23 14 36.1 +15 57 01; Peg

V = 14.5;  Size 0.65'x0.45';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 140°

 

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.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7540 = m 544 on 3 Nov 1864 and noted "F, vS, stellar."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7541 = NGC 7581 = UGC 12447 = MCG +01-59-017 = CGCG 406-030 = Holm 805a = PGC 70795

23 14 43.9 +04 32 04; Psc

V = 11.7;  Size 3.5'x1.2';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 102°

 

17.5" (8/10/91): bright, fairly large, edge-on 4:1 WNW-ESE, 3.0'x0.75', large slightly brighter middle bulges.  Has an irregular surface brightness with mottling and appears brighter on the west side.  A mag 12 star is off the east edge 2.1' from center.  Forms a striking pair with NGC 7537 3.1' SW. 

 

8" (11/8/80): faint, fairly large, edge-on E-W.  A mag 12.5 star is close east.  Forms a pair with NGC 7537 3' SW.  Located in the Pisces Circlet.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7541 = H. II-430 = h2216, along with NGC 7537, on 30 Aug 1785 (sweep 427) and recorded "Two. The following [NGC 7541] pB, mE in parallel, mbM, about 4' long, 1' broad."  John Herschel logged "vB; L; 10° np to sf; 80"; the nf of 2 [with NGC 7537]; a * 10m sf."

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NGC 7542 = CGCG 431-025 = PGC 70796

23 14 41.6 +10 38 36; Peg

V = 14.3;  Size 0.8'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 117°

 

17.5" (9/23/89): extremely faint, very small, round, weak concentration.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7542 = m 545 on 5 Oct 1864 and noted "eF, eS, stellar."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7543 = UGC 12450 = MCG +05-54-052 = CGCG 496-065 = PGC 70785

23 14 34.6 +28 19 38; Peg

V = 13.0;  Size 1.1'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 140°

 

17.5" (8/13/88): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated NW-SE, bright core, stellar nucleus.  Pair with CGCG 496-062 7.5' NNW.  Located 17' W of 61 Pegasi (V = 6.5).

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7543 = St. 9-35 on 5 Oct 1869 and recorded an unpublished position just 1' NNW.  On 19 Sep 1878 he measured an accurate micrometric position with description "very faint, small, round, little brighter middle."

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NGC 7544 = PGC 70811

23 14 56.9 -02 11 58; Psc

V = 14.9;  Size 0.8'x0.3';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 58°

 

17.5" (7/20/90): very faint, very small, round.  A string of four stars mag 13 oriented N-S is 3' E including a pair at 23" separation.  Member of the NGC 7556 group.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7544 = m 546 on 18 Nov 1864 and noted "eF, vS."  His position is accurate to within 1'.

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NGC 7545 = ESO 347-004 = MCG -07-47-026 = AM 2312-384 = PGC 70840

23 15 32.0 -38 32 03; Gru

V = 13.0;  Size 1.1'x0.7';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 80°

 

17.5" (10/20/90): extremely faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, low surface brightness.  A mag 11 star is attached at the west end 27" from the center.  Very difficult to view due to poor seeing at a low elevation.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7545 = h3976 on 4 Sep 1834. He recorded "pF; S; R; or lE; very gradually very little brighter middle; attached to a * 10m in parallel."  His position is very accurate.

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NGC 7546 = MCG -01-59-007 = PGC 70820

23 15 05.6 -02 19 29; Psc

V = 14.1;  Size 1.0'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 5°

 

24" (9/29/16): at 375x; faint or fairly faint, fairly small, elongated ~4:3, 0.4'x0.3', irregular shape.  A knot or the core seems offset towards the north side.  Forms a close pair with MCG -01-59-008 2' N.  The companion appeared very faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE, 25"x8", even surface brightness.  Located 10' WNW of NGC 7556 in a large group of galaxies.

 

17.5" (8/1/87): extremely faint, fairly small, almost round, can barely hold steadily with averted.  Located in the NGC 7532-7556 group with NGC 7556 10.3' ESE.

 

13.1" (9/29/84 and 10/20/84): very faint, very diffuse, fairly small.  Located 10' WNW of NGC 7556.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7546 = m 547 on 1 Oct 1864 and noted "eF, S, lE."  His position matches MCG -01-59-007 = PGC 70820 to within 1'. Harold Corwin agrees with this identification but notes that NGC 7546 could be MCG -01-59-008, a fainter galaxy 2' north.  This seems unlikely to me as I didn't notice it while viewing -007 with my 17.5".

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NGC 7547 = HCG 93C = Arp 99 NED1 = UGC 12453 = MCG +03-59-013 = CGCG 454-011 = KTG 78A = PGC 70819

23 15 03.4 +18 58 24; Peg

V = 13.7;  Size 1.0'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 98°

 

24" (12/28/13 and 9/27/19): at 282x appeared fairly faint to moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 2:1 or 5:2 ~E-W, 45"x20", moderate concentration to a brighter core.  First in the HCG 93 quintet.

 

24" (12/1/13): at 375x appeared fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 5:2 ~E-W.  Strongly concentrated with a nearly round, small bright core.  First of 5 in HCG 93, with brighter NGC 7550 3.1' ESE.

 

18" (9/3/05): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 ~E-W, 0.7'x0.3'.  Contains a nearly stellar brighter core, otherwise the surface brightness is nearly even.  Located 3' W of NGC 7550 in a group of five galaxies (HCG 93).

 

18" (8/27/05): faint, small, elongated 2:1 E-W, 0.5'x0.25'.  Located 3' W of NGC 7550 in HCG 93.

 

17.5" (9/7/96): faint, small, elongated 2:1 E-W, weak concentration with a slightly brighter rounder core.  First of five in HCG 93 with NGC 7550 3.0' ESE.

 

17.5" (9/23/89): faint, small, oval ~E-W, weak concentration.  First of three with NGC 7549 5.2' NE and NGC 7550 3.0' E in the HCG 93.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7547 = h2218 on 26 Aug 1827 and simply noted "the np of 2 [with NGC 7550].  His single position is pretty accurate so there is no doubt with the identification.  Herman Schultz measured an accurate micrometric position at Uppsala.

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NGC 7548 = UGC 12455 = MCG +04-54-036 = CGCG 475-050 = PGC 70826

23 15 11.1 +25 16 55; Peg

V = 13.3;  Size 1.0'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 15°

 

17.5" (9/23/89): faint, small, slightly elongated, broad concentration.  Located 23' SSE of mag 6.7 SAO 91126.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7548 = Au 50 on 30 Sep 1861 with the 11-inch Merz refractor at Copenhagen.  He noted a faint star (called mag 16 and mag 17 on his two observations) preceded by 11 seconds of time.  The star is exactly where he placed it, though closer to mag 13.5.  The discovery was early enough to be included in Auwers' 1862 list of 50 new nebulae.

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NGC 7549 = HCG 93B = Arp 99 NED3 = UGC 12457 = MCG +03-59-014 = CGCG 454-013 = KTG 78C = PGC 70832

23 15 17.2 +19 02 30; Peg

V = 13.0;  Size 2.8'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.8;  PA = 8°

 

24" (12/28/13 and 9/27/19): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 4:3 N-S, 0.8'x0.6', the central region is weakly concentrated.  There was a hint of structure with a strong impression of a short arm on the west side extending south. A mag 11.0 star is 1.3' WNW of center.  NGC 7547 = HCG 93C lies 3.8' ENE and NGC 7550 = HCG 93A is 5' due south.

 

24" (12/1/13): fairly faint or moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 3:2 N-S, ~60"x40".  Contains a brighter central region that only has a weak, broad concentration towards the center and no distinguishable nucleus.  A mag 11 star lies 1.4' WNW of center.

 

18" (9/3/05): fairly faint, fairly small, irregular round, 0.5', weak concentration.  Situated 1.3' following a mag 10.5 star and 5' N of NGC 7550 in HCG 93.

 

18" (8/27/05): faint, small, round, 25" diameter, low even surface brightness.  Follows a mag 10.5 star and 4.8' N of NGC 7550.

 

17.5" (9/7/96): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 N-S, very weak concentration.  Situated 1.3' following a mag 10.5 star within the HCG 93 quintet and 4.8' N of NGC 7550 = HCG 93a.  Listed dimensions include extremely faint plumes not seen visually.

 

17.5" (9/23/89): fairly faint, fairly small, oval ~N-S, almost even surface brightness.  Located 1.3' ESE of a mag 10.5 star.  Second brightest in HCG 93 with NGC 7550 4.8' S and NGC 7547 5.2' SW.

 

Bindon Blood Stoney discovered NGC 7549 along with NGC 7553, on 2 Nov 1850 (Saturday).  Bindon may have been observing with his brother George Johnstone Stoney, who visited Birr Castle several weekends in Fall 1850.  While he was observing NGC 7547 and NGC 7550 he found "4 neb in the field, perhaps another [including NGC 7547 and 7550]."  No positions were measured.  A diagram made in 1877 was published in the 1880 publication.  Heinrich d'Arrest independently discovered this galaxy on 30 Aug 1864 and made a total of 4 observations.  Herman Schultz also measured an accurate micrometric position, attributing the discovery to d'Arrest. Bigourdan noted the equivalence of d'Arrest's GCS 6151 and LdR's GCS 4912.  Dreyer combined the two GC designations in the NGC.

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NGC 7550 = HCG 93A = Arp 99 NED2 = UGC 12456 = MCG +03-59-015 = CGCG 454-012 = KTG 78B = PGC 70830

23 15 16.0 +18 57 42; Peg

V = 12.2;  Size 1.4'x1.2';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 171°

 

24" (12/28/13 and 9/27/19): at 282x appeared fairly bright, moderately large, slightly elongated, 0.9'x0.75', strongly concentrated with a very bright, prominent core that increased to a sharp stellar nucleus.  Brightest in the HCG 93 quintet with NGC 7547 3.1' WNW and NGC 7549 4.9' N.

 

24" (12/1/13): at 375x appeared moderately bright to fairly bright, moderately large, irregularly round, 1.0'x0.8', strongly concentrated with a bright core that increases to a very bright small nucleus.  Occasionally, a bright stellar nuclear pip was visible within the small nucleus.  Brightest in the HCG 93 quintet.

 

18" (9/3/05): moderately bright, fairly small, round, slightly elongated, 0.8'x0.7', fairly strong concentration, small bright core, stellar nucleus.

 

18" (8/27/05): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 0.8'x0.6', gradually increases to a small, bright core and stellar nucleus.  HCG 94 lies 32' SE!

 

17.5" (9/7/96): moderately bright, fairly small, halo elongated 4:3 N-S, 1.5'x1.2', sharply concentrated with a round, bright core and nearly stellar nucleus.  Brightest in the HCG 93 quintet.  HCG 94 lies only 32' SE!

 

17.5" (9/23/89): brightest in a group of 11 NGC galaxies and HCG 93.  Moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated ~N-S, small bright core, stellar nucleus.  Forms a triple system with NGC 7549 4.8' N and NGC 7547 3.0' W.  Also nearby is NGC 7558 5.9' ENE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7550 = H. III-181 = h2219 on 18 Sep 1784 (sweep 277) and recorded "vF, vS, R, 240 confirmed it.  His position is 34 sec of RA too large (noted by Dreyer in his 1912 "Scientific Papers of WH").  John Herschel measured an accurate position for this galaxy and listed it as h2219 with description "pB; R; 20", the sf of 2 [with NGC 7547]", although due to his father's poor position, he thought it was new.

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NGC 7551 = 2MASX J23152200+1556251 = LEDA 3978375

23 15 22.0 +15 56 25; Peg

V = 15.2;  Size 0.5'x0.1';  PA = 145°

 

17.5" (7/17/93): very faint, very small, round, 15" diameter, very small brighter core, stellar nucleus.  Located 11.1' E of NGC 7540.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7551 = m 548 on 3 Nov 1864 and noted a "neb. star 13m."  His position is less than 1' south of LEDA 3978375, which has a very faint star superimposed on the southwest side.  Interestingly, Edward Fath reported in his "A Study of Nebulae" (1914) there was a double star in the position of NGC 7551, based on plates taken with the 60-inch at Mt. Wilson in 1909-1912.  Apparently the galaxy was stellar-like on the plate.

 

RNGC misidentifies a close companion 20" NE of NGC 7540 as NGC 7551.  This identification is clearly wrong as Marth placed NGC 7541 45 seconds of RA following NGC 7540 (both were found on the same night).  Malcolm Thomson reported this error in his unpublished "Catalogue Corrections", as well as Harold Corwin in his NGC identification notes.

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NGC 7552 = IC 5294 = ESO 291-012 = MCG -07-47-028 = VV 440 = LGG 472-003 = PGC 70884 = Grus Quartet

23 16 11.0 -42 34 59; Gru

V = 10.6;  Size 3.4'x2.7';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 1°

 

48" (11/4/21): at 375x; extremely bright, very large with the main body or bar extending  4:1 E-W, ~2.0'x0.5'.  The center was sharply concentrated with a blazing nucleus.  An obvious spiral arm is attached at the east end of the bar.  It rotated clockwise, curling south and ending just before reaching a mag 12 star [1.8' S of center].  The root of the northern arm was at the western end of the bar, but it quickly faded out a short distance north.  A mag 9.3 star is 4.4' W.

 

30" (10/21/17 - OzSky): at 264x; very bright, very large, elongated 5:2 E-W, ~2.3'x0.9'.  A brighter bar extends E-W along the major axis.  The center is punctuated by a sharp, extremely bright stellar nucleus!  A spiral arm was clearly visible attached at the east end of the major axis (bar).  The beginning of the arm rotated counterclockwise towards the south but shortly dimmed out after a distance of ~0.6'.  The main part of the galaxy is embedded in an extremely low surface brightness halo, ~3' in diameter. A mag 13.5 star is off the west end [2.2' from center] and a mag 12 star is at the edge of the outer halo [1.8' S of center].   NGC 7583, the first in the Grus Triplet with 7590 and 7599, lies 28' ENE.

 

13.1" (11/5/83): fairly faint, small, elongated E-W, small bright nucleus.  A mag 10 star lies 4.4' W and a mag 11 star is off the south side.  The Grus trio consisting of NGC 7582, NGC 7590 and NGC 7599 are roughly 35' NE with the entire group called the Grus Quartet.

 

James Dunlop discovered NGC 7552 = D 475 = h3977 on 7 Jul 1826 and made 4 observations.  He described the first member of the Grus Quartet as "a small faint nebula, rather elongated in the parallel of the equator, about 30" broad, and 40" long; there is a pretty bright point situated near the centre of the nebula: a small star precedes it."

 

John Herschel made a single observation on 2 Sep 1836, logging "B, S, mE, nearly in parallel; very suddenly brighter in the middle to a star 13m."  Herschel credited Dunlop with the discovery.  Lewis Swift found the galaxy again on 22 Oct 1897 and reported Sw. 11-226 (later IC 5294) as "pB; pS; R; 8m * p[receding] same parallel."  His RA was just 9 seconds too small and his description of the brighter star clinches the equivalence.

 

Based on a Helwan plate taken in 1919-20, NGC 7552 was described as "vB sharp stellar nucleus; irregular Phi-type spiral; the cross-arm [central bar] is in p.a. 90° and is moderately bright at each end rather than near the middle, where a curious faint circle occurs of diameter 50"; the outer circle [ring] of the Phi is extremely faint except the southeast side."

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NGC 7553 = HCG 93D = CGCG 454-015 = PGC 70842

23 15 33.1 +19 02 53; Peg

V = 14.7;  Size 0.4'x0.4';  Surf Br = 13.6

 

24" (12/28/13 and 9/27/19): faint to fairly faint, fairly small, round, 20"-24" diameter, nearly even surface brightness.  A 12" pair of mag 15.5 stars was resolved 1.3' SE.  In addition, a 7" pair of mag 16.1/16.4 stars was noticed 3.5' ENE and often was merged into a single slightly fuzzy glow at 282x.

 

24" (12/1/13): faint to fairly faint, small, round, 20" diameter.  Contains a faint, quasi-stellar nucleus.  Located 3.8' ENE of NGC 7549 in HCG 93.

 

18" (8/25/06): very faint, very small, round, 15" diameter.  A very faint and close pair of mag 15 stars lies 1.4' SE.

 

18" (9/3/05): very faint, very small, round, 10" diameter.  Contains a sharp stellar nucleus in steady moments.  Located 4' E of NGC 7549 within HCG 93.

 

18" (8/27/05): very faint, extremely small, round, 0.2' diameter, occasional stellar nucleus.  Located 3.9' E of NGC 7549 in HCG 93.

 

17.5" (9/7/96): very faint, very small, round.  Located 3.9' E of NGC 7549 = HCG 93b.  An extremely faint and close double star ~1.5' SE also appears as a nebulous object at times.  Faintest of five (along with NGC 7558) in HCG 93.

 

Bindon Blood Stoney discovered NGC 7553, along with NGC 7549, on 2 Nov 1850.  Bindon may have been observing with his brother George Johnstone Stoney, who visited Birr Castle several weekends in Fall 1850.   While reobserving NGC 7547 and 7550 they found "4 neb in the field, perhaps another [including NGC 7547 and 7550]."  The 4th brightest galaxy in the field is CGCG 454-015, and this was likely seen by Stoney. The 6 Sep 1855 description reads "3 neb [NGC 7547, 7550, 7549], F, S, and perhaps 2 more vS and F f[ollowing] them."  A diagram of the field was made at Birr Castle on 6 Oct 1877 and confirmed on 10 Oct 1877 showing four objects including NGC 7547, 7549 and NGC 7550, although the direction of drift shown is somewhat off.  The object shown in the upper right corner of the diagram should be CGCG 454-015, but the placement better matches 16th magnitude 2MASX J23153890+1858171.  Perhaps it's one of the others that were suspected.

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NGC 7554 = III Zw 99 = PGC 70850

23 15 41.3 -02 22 43; Psc

V = 14.9;  Size 0.4'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.9

 

24" (9/29/16): at 375x; fairly faint, small, round, 15" diameter.  NGC 7554 is one of the close companions of brighter NGC 7556, which is centered just 48" E.

 

17.5" (7/20/90): very faint, very small, round, low even surface brightness.  Forms a close pair with much brighter NGC 7556 47" ESE.  Located in a large galaxy group.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7554 = m 549 on 3 Aug 1864 and noted "eF, eS, alm stell, near h 2220 [NGC 7556]."  His position is just 3 seconds of RA preceding NGC 7556 and matches PGC 70850.

 

The RNGC appears to misidentify a faint galaxy 5' southwest of NGC 7556 as NGC 7554, although there may simply be an error in position for NGC 7556 as the rectangular coordinates don't match.  This error is listed in my RNGC Corrections #5.

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NGC 7555

23 15 36 +12 35; Peg

 

= Not found, Carlson.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7555 = h2221 on 11 Sep 1828 and recorded "F; R; bM; place very rough; two or three more nebulae suspected in the neighborhood."  His RA and NPD are marked with +/- to the nearest minute of time and minute of arc, respectively.  There is nothing near his position, but if JH was off mostly in RA then NGC 7515 is a candidate.  If he was mostly off in declination, then NGC 7563 is another possibility.  Neither d'Arrest, Schultz or Vogel could recover this object, though one observation was claimed at Birr Castle (but of which object?).  Dorothy Carlson reported "Not Found" in her 1940 NGC/IC Correction paper and Corwin concludes the same.

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NGC 7556 = MCG -01-59-009 = PGC 70855

23 15 44.4 -02 22 53; Psc

V = 12.7;  Size 2.5'x1.6';  Surf Br = 14.1;  PA = 123°

 

24" (9/29/16): at 375x and 500x; fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 4:3 or 3:2 WNW-ESE, ~0.8'x0.5', well concentrated with a bright core, high surface brightness.  Surrounded closely by several smaller and fainter companions including NGC 7554 48" W, NGC 7556A just 19" SW, LEDA 195267 1.4' SE and LEDA 195265 3.3' SSE.  A mag 10.6 star is 2.7' E.

 

At 500x; NGC 7556A appeared extremely faint and small, round, ~8" diameter.  Situated at the southwest edge of the halo of NGC 7556.  At 375x LEDA 195267 appeared fairly faint, small, round, 15" diameter.  LEDA 195265 was a difficult object, extremely faint and small, round, 6" diameter.

 

17.5" (8/1/87): moderately bright, moderately large, oval ~E-W, bright core.  Forms a close pair with NGC 7554 47" WNW of center.  Brightest in the large NGC 7532-7556 group.

 

13.1" (9/29/84 and 10/20/84): moderately bright, moderately large, almost round, brighter core.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7556 = H. II-235 = h2220, along with NGC 7566, on 20 Sep 1784 (sweep 279) and noted "vF, pS." His summary description (based on a later observation) reads "F, pL, broadly E." John Herschel reported "pB, R, a bright double * follows".  His single position is accurate.  LdR's assistant Bindon Stoney observed the galaxy on 4 Nov 1850 and wrote, "Has nucleus; I suspect a F, S, neb about 1' sf."  Very likely this second nebula is LEDA 195267, situated 1.4' SE of NGC 7556 (described in my 24" observation).  The RNGC declination is 3' too far north.

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NGC 7557 = MCG +01-59-021 = CGCG 406-035 = LGG 473-016 = PGC 70854

23 15 39.7 +06 42 30; Psc

V = 14.0;  Size 0.6'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.0

 

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.  Outlying member of the NGC 7619/7626 Group.

 

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'.

 

Lord Rosse assistant George Johnstone Stoney and perhaps his brother Bindon Blood discovered NGC 7557 on 16 Sep 1852.  With the 72" mirror freshly polished, he recorded "another neb about 6' p and 1' n of [NGC 7562], pB, very much brighter in the middle, 40" diameter."  Assistant R.J. Mitchell found this galaxy again on 23 Oct 1857 and noted "a new neb about 4' p[receding] h2224, F, vS, R."  His offset is accurate.

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NGC 7558 = HCG 93E = MCG +03-59-016 = PGC 70844

23 15 38.2 +18 55 11; Peg

V = 14.7;  Size 0.4'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.8

 

24" (12/28/13 and 9/27/19): faint to fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated ~N-S, ~20"x16".  Low even surface brightness with an occasional faint stellar nucleus.  The redshift of this galaxy is over ~70% greater than the other four members of HCG 93, so it is probably a background object.

 

24" (12/1/13): faint to fairly faint, small, round, 20" diameter, weak concentration.  Nearly collinear with two mag 14.5 stars [22" separation] located ~2.8' S.

 

18" (8/25/06): very faint, very small, round, 20" diameter.  Collinear with two mag 14.5-15 stars.  Furthest east of five members viewed in HCG 93.

 

18" (9/3/05): extremely faint, very small, round.  Can hold steadily with averted vision.  A close, faint pair of mag 14.5-15 stars (separation 22") lies 2.6' south.

 

18" (8/27/05): extremely faint, extremely small, round.  Collinear with a pair of faint stars to the south that help in pinpointing the location.

 

17.5" (9/7/96): extremely faint, very small, round, 20" diameter.  Collinear with a pair of mag 14.5 stars oriented N-S that lie 2.5' S.  This galaxy and  HCG 93D = CGCG 454-015 = NGC 7553? (NGC identification uncertain) are the two faintest members of the HCG 93 quintet.  Located 6' SE of NGC 7550 = HCG 93A.

 

17.5" (9/23/89): extremely faint, very small, round.  An easy pair of mag 14.5 stars with separation 22" oriented N-S lies 2.5' S.  Located 5.8' ESE of NGC 7550 in HCG 93 and faintest of four viewed.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7558 = m 550 on 3 Nov 1864 and noted "eeF, neb * 13m."  His position is accurate.  This galaxy was probably first found by LdR or assistant Bindon Stoney on 2 Nov 1850 and noted again on 6 Sep 1855, though it was just mentioned as an additional nebula in the field, without any comment about the location.

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NGC 7559 = UGC 12463 = MCG +02-59-013 = CGCG 431-028 = PGC 70864

23 15 46.6 +13 17 25; Peg

V = 13.3;  Size 1.1'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.1

 

24" (8/30/16): at 375x; moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated, 45"x35", small bright core.  A mag 15.5 star is 0.8' NE.  With averted vision, NGC 7559A = MCG +02-59-014 was seen just off the NNW edge [24" from center].  It appeared extremely faint [V ~15.5] and small, perhaps 8" diameter.  On the SDSS this is an edge-on galaxy, but I probably only noticed the brighter nucleus.  It was a bit easier to view at 282x.  NGC 7563 lies 6.2' SSE.  A mag 9.3 star 8.7' SW forms the vertex of an isosceles triangle with NGC 7563 and 7559.

 

17.5" (9/23/89): fairly faint, fairly small, bright core, oval SW-NE.  Forms a pair with NGC 7563 6.1' SSE.  This is a double system but the fainter companion was not seen.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7559 = H. III-221 = h2222 on 19 Oct 1784 (sweep 299) and recorded "Two [along with NGC 7563 = H. III-222], eF, R, S, both alike."  He found the galaxy again on 23 Nov 1785 (sweep 476) and noted "vF, S."  John Herschel made 4 observations and remarked on sweep 15, "F; R; bM; 30"."

 

MCG lists the components separately as MCG +02-59-013 = NGC 7559a and MCG +02-59-014 = NGC 7559b, but NED identifies MCG +02-59-014 as NGC 7559A and MCG +02-59-014 as NGC 7559B.

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NGC 7560

23 15 53.9 +04 29 45; Psc

 

= **, Carlson.  = 8" double star, Gottlieb

 

Herman Schultz discovered NGC 7560 = Nova X, along with NGC 7561, on 5 Oct 1864 with the 9.6-inch refractor at Uppsala Observatory.  At Schultz's micrometric position is a double star (POSS2 separation 8").  Karl Reinmuth identified this double star as NGC 7560 in his photographic survey at Heidelberg (Dorothy Carlson and the RNGC repeated this identification).

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NGC 7561

23 15 57.7 +04 31 20; Psc

 

= *, Carlson.  = *14, Gottlieb.

 

Herman Schultz discovered NGC 7561 = Nova XI, along with NGC 7560, on 5 Oct 1864 with the 9.6-inch refractor at Uppsala Observatory.  At his micrometric position is a mag 14 star.  Karl Reinmuth reported "mag 14.5 star, no nebulosity" and this is repeated by Dorothy Carlson and in the RNGC.

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NGC 7562 = UGC 12464 = MCG +01-59-024 = CGCG 406-039 = LGG 473-003 = PGC 70874

23 15 57.5 +06 41 15; Psc

V = 11.6;  Size 2.2'x1.5';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 83°

 

24" (1/1/16): fairly bright, fairly large, oval 3:2 ~E-W, ~1.2'x0.8'.  Sharply concentrated with a very bright core that increases to the center.  The much fainter halo gradually fades out at the periphery.  A mag 13.8 star is 1.8' E.  NGC 7557 lies 4.6' WNW and NGC 7562A is 2.3' SSE.  Two extremely faint "stars" [mag 16.3 or fainter] were glimpsed close to the position of NGC 7562A and one of these may have been the core of the galaxy as it occasionally seemed non-stellar and possibly elongated N-S.

 

18" (11/22/08): fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 3:2 ~E-W, 1.2'x0.8'.  Contains a very bright core surrounded by a much fainter halo.  The core is concentrated to a bright, quasi-stellar nucleus.

 

17.5" (8/27/87): fairly bright, moderately large, slightly elongated ~E-W, bright core, stellar nucleus.

 

17.5" (11/1/86): fairly bright, fairly small, strong bright core, fainter halo slightly elongated ~E-W.  Forms a pair with NGC 7557 4.7' WNW.  NGC 7591 lies 35' ESE and NGC 7564 36' N.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7562 = H. II-467 = h2224 on 25 Oct 1785 (sweep 464) and recorded "pB, pL, irr figure."  John Herschel reported it as "B; S; R; pretty suddenly brighter middle; 15"."  While observing NGC 7562 on 16 Sep 1852, George Johnstone Stoney, Lord Rosse's assistant, discovered NGC 7557.  His description reads, "Involves a very small star to north-following.  Another nebula [NGC 7557] 6' preceding and 1' north of it."

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NGC 7563 = UGC 12465 = MCG +02-59-015 = CGCG 431-029 = LGG 471-007 = PGC 70872

23 15 55.9 +13 11 46; Peg

V = 12.8;  Size 1.9'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 155°

 

24" (8/30/16): at 375x; moderately bright, fairly small, contains a small bright round core with very faint extensions (bar) E-W.  A very low surface brightness halo is elongated 2:1 NW-SE (clearly offset the axis of the "bar"), ~1.2'x0.6'.  A group of stars is close east including a mag 10.5 star 2.2' ESE.  NGC 7559 (double) lies 6.2' NNW.  The trio lies at a distance of 200 million l.y.

 

17.5" (9/23/89): faint, small, slightly elongated, small bright core, stellar nucleus.  Located 2.3' WNW of a mag 10 star.  Pair with NGC 7559 6.1' NNW.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7563 = H. III-222 = h2223 on 19 Oct 1784 (sweep 299) and recorded "Two [along with NGC 7559 = III-221], eF, R, S, both alike."  He found the galaxy again on 23 Nov 1785 (sweep 476) and noted "vF, S."  John Herschel made 4 observations and remarked (sweep 15), "pB; S; R; suddenly much brighter middle; a B * near; the s f of 2 [with NGC 7559]."

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NGC 7564

23 16 01.2 +07 20 52; Psc

 

= *, Corwin.

 

CGCG 406-036 (identified as NGC 7564 in the RNGC, PGC, Megastar, etc.) appeared faint, small, elongated WNW-ESE.  Located 5.7' SSW of a mag 10 star.  This star is at the north end of a 8' string of 6 or 7 stars oriented NNW-SSE.  The galaxy lies just west of the middle of this string.  NGC 7562 is located 37' SSE.

 

Guillaume Bigourdan discovered NGC 7564 = Big. 96 on 7 Oct 1885 and noted as 5"-6" diameter.  At the exact position in the Comptes Rendus list is a mag 14 star.  RNGC and PGC misidentify CGCG 406-036 = PGC 70843 as NGC 7564.  Malcolm Thomson classifies NGC 7564 as nonexistent in his unpublished "Catalogue Corrections".  Harold Corwin identifies NGC 7564 with the star at Bigourdan's position.

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NGC 7565

23 16 19 -00 03 30; Psc

 

= Not found, Corwin.  = *, Carlson.

 

Gaspare Ferrari discovered NGC 7565 on 14 Dec 1865 while fruitlessly searching for Biela's comet using the 9.5-inch Merz equatorial at the College Romain.  Like several other nebulae he claimed during his search, there is nothing near his position. Reinmuth reported a "*15 in Dreyer's place." based on a Heidelberg plate.  No modern catalogue identifies NGC 7565 and Harold Corwin lists it as lost.

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NGC 7566 = MCG -01-59-010 = PGC 70901

23 16 37.4 -02 19 50; Psc

V = 13.3;  Size 1.3'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 115°

 

24" (9/29/16): at 500x; fairly faint or moderately bright, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, ~0.6'x0.3', small bright nucleus.  Bracketed by two mag 14.5 stars [27" ESE and 36" WNW of center].  Member of a group with brightest member NGC 7556 13.5' WSW.

 

17.5" (8/1/87): fairly faint, small, oval.  Bracketed by two mag 14.5 stars 37" WNW and 27" E of center.  Also a mag 14 star is 1.1' SW.  Located 13' ENE of NGC 7556 in the NGC 7532-7556 group.

 

13.1" (9/29/84 and 10/20/84): within a triangle of 3 faint stars, elongated ~WNW-ESE, diffuse.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7566 = H. III-185, along with NGC 7554, on 20 Sep 1784 (sweep 279) and logged vF, pS, irr E." His summary description (based on a second observation) mentions "3 faint stars visible in it."  Bigourdan measured an accurate position on 7 Nov 1885 (repeated in the IC 2 Notes).

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NGC 7567 = UGC 12468 = MCG +03-59-019 = CGCG 454-016 = KUG 2313+155A = WBL 702-001 = PGC 70885

23 16 10.3 +15 51 00; Peg

V = 14.4;  Size 0.9'x0.2';  Surf Br = 12.4;  PA = 76°

 

24" (12/20/17): at 375x; faint or fairly faint, very elongated ~4:1 WSW-ENE, ~40"x10", very weak concentration.  Two mag 12.5 stars are 1' SE and 1.2' ENE  A mag 10.7/13.7 pair at 8" is 2.8' NW. NGC 7567 is the brightest in a small group (WBL 702 at z = .015).

 

CGCG 454-017, 3' ENE, appeared very faint, very small, round, 15" diameter, no other visible details.

CGCG 431-030, 7' SSE, appeared faint, small, irregularly round, 20" diameter, slightly brighter nucleus.

CGCG 454-019, 7' NE, appeared faint to fairly faint, elongated 5:2 SW-NW, ~40"x15", broad weak concentration. A mag 14.8 star is 50" NNE.

 

17.5" (7/19/90): very faint, very small, very elongated 4:1 WSW-ENE.  A mag 12.5 star is off the ENE end [1.2' from center].  NGC 7551 lies 13' NW and NGC 7540 is 24' WNW.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7567 = m 551 on 3 Nov 1864 and noted "eeF, vS, E."  His position is 1' too far south.

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NGC 7568 = NGC 7574? = UGC 12469 = CGCG 475-058 = PGC 70892

23 16 24.9 +24 29 49; Peg

V = 13.5;  Size 0.9'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 120°

 

17.5" (9/23/89): very faint, fairly small, slightly elongated NW-SE, very low even surface brightness.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7568 = St. 8a-28 on 27 Sep 1873 and measured an accurate position on 17 Oct 1876.  Harold Corwin proposes that NGC 7574, discovered by d'Arrest ten years earlier on 2 Oct 1866, may refer to this galaxy.  Perhaps Stephan was looking for d'Arrest's object.

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NGC 7569 = UGC 12472 = MCG +01-59-026 = CGCG 406-041 = III Zw 100 = PGC 70914

23 16 44.5 +08 54 20; Peg

V = 13.4;  Size 1.0'x0.7';  Surf Br = 14.0;  PA = 88°

 

18" (10/25/03): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 E-W, 0.8'x0.6'.  A distinctive group of four mag 12-13 stars is SE.  The closest star is 2' SE while the other three are 4' SE are arranged in an isosceles right triangle with sides 0.9', 1' and 1.5'.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7569 = Sw. 4-93 on 6 Sep 1886 and logged "vF; vS; R; 3 faint stars south-following form a small right angle triangle."  There are no galaxies close to his position or even stars to the southeast matching his description. But Harold Corwin was able to identify UGC 12472 as NGC 7569.  This galaxy is exactly two degrees south of Swift's position (matches in RA) and there is a small right triangle of stars 5' southeast.  So, the identification is nearly certain.  No modern catalogue identifies UGC 12472 as NGC 7569 and RNGC classifies the number as nonexistent (Type 7).

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NGC 7570 = UGC 12473 = MCG +02-59-018 = CGCG 431-032 = LGG 471-005 = PGC 70912

23 16 44.7 +13 28 59; Peg

V = 13.2;  Size 1.5'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 30°

 

17.5" (9/23/89): faint, fairly small, oval SW-NE, fairly low surface brightness except for small bright core.  NGC 7559 is located 20' SW.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7570 = H. III-238 on 17 Nov 1784 (sweep 320) and logged "eF, eS.  240 confirmed with difficulty."  His position is only 40" south of the center of UGC 12473.  Édouard Stephan made an observation on 14 Sep 1876.

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NGC 7571 = NGC 7597?? = MCG +03-59-032 = CGCG 454-032

23 18 30.3 +18 41 19; Peg

 

See observing notes for NGC 7597.   = **?, Bigourdan and Reinmuth.  = NGC 7578, RNGC.

 

Herman Schultz discovered NGC 7571 on 25 Sep 1867 with the 9.6-inch refractor at Uppsala Observatory.  In his remarks to NGC 7550 in "Micrometrical Observations of 500 Nebulae" he mentions "A poor stellar group of pretty bright stars follows the above nebulae [NGC 7547, 7549, and 7550] about 1 1/2 minutes; and the whole region following this stellar group seems nebulous:  a group of small nebulae or a considerably extended nebulosity with several knots?...Description and position do not at all agree with III. 181 [NGC 7550]!"  There is nothing near the NGC position.  Karl Reinmuth reported "identif very doubtful; vF** dist 0.3' 135d, np * nebulous?, N7571 = N7578?"  Bigourdan's "corrected" position from 23 Sep 1886 applies to this double star.  This equivalence is repeated in the RNGC.

 

Harold Corwin notes there is no group of "pretty bright stars" 1.5 minutes following NGC 7547/7550 as in Schultz's description, but there is such as group at this separation from NGC 7578.  If Schultz was confused and was actually referencing NGC 7578, then NGC 7571 may be a duplicate of NGC 7597 (the brightest in a group).  This identification is very uncertain, though, as I feel NGC 7597 is too faint for Schultz to have picked up.

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NGC 7572 = MCG +03-59-023 = CGCG 454-021 = PGC 70919

23 16 50.4 +18 28 59; Peg

V = 14.1;  Size 1.0'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.5;  PA = 162°

 

18" (8/25/06): faint, small, very elongated 7:2 NNW-SSE, 0.8'x0.25', *12 1' NNE.  Member of cluster AGC 2572 with core HCG 94.

 

17.5" (9/23/89): very faint, very small, irregularly round, broad weak concentration.  A mag 12 star is 1.3' NE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7572 = m 552 on 3 Nov 1864 and noted "eeF, alm stellar."  His position is just 1' too far south.

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NGC 7573 = ESO 604-008 = MCG -04-54-017 = AM 2313-222 = PGC 70893

23 16 26.3 -22 09 16; Aqr

V = 13.6;  Size 1.4'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.7;  PA = 42°

 

17.5" (7/25/95): very faint, fairly small, slightly elongated SW-NE, 50"x40", no concentration, very low surface brightness.  Located 4.4' ENE of a mag 11 star.

 

Frank Muller discovered NGC 7573 = LM 2-473 in 1886 and recorded "mag 15.8; 0.7' dia; iR; bnp; *10 in PA 290° at 4.4'."  There is nothing at his position but 1 min of RA west is ESO 604-008.  Muller's star is 5.5' west.  Herbert Howe noted the approximate RA correction in his 1900 list of NGC/IC comments.

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NGC 7574 = NGC 7568? = UGC 12469 = CGCG 475-058

23 16 24.9 +24 29 49; Peg

 

See observing notes for NGC 7568.  NGC identification very uncertain.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7574 on 2 Oct 1866 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.  There is nothing near his single position.  Karl Reinmuth reported it was not found on Heidelberg plates, and this was repeated by Dorothy Carlson and the RNGC. Harold Corwin suggests that if d'Arrest made both a 30' error in declination (too far south) and 30 seconds in RA (too far east), then NGC 7574 is equivalent to NGC 7568, discovered by Stephan 10 years later.  As both errors involve single digits, this solution is reasonable (though not certain).

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NGC 7575 = CGCG 406-044 = MCG +01-59-028 = Holm 807a = PGC 70946

23 17 20.9 +05 39 39; Psc

V = 14.4;  Size 0.8'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 108°

 

18" (10/25/03): faint, small, slightly elongated, ~20"x15".  Difficult to pin down orientation, though appears roughly E-W.  Forms a 1' pair with fainter MCG +01-59-028.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7575 = m 553 on 29 Aug 1864 and noted "F, S, vlE."  There are no galaxies near Marth's position, only mag 15 stars 2' northwest and 3' east-south.  Karl Reinmuth reported "Not Found" on a Heidelberg plate and Dorothy Carlson equates it with star (repeated in the RNGC).

 

Harold Corwin suggests that NGC 7575 = CGCG 406-044 = PGC 70946 (brighter of a pair).  This galaxy is located 1° south of Marth's position and requires he made a single digit transcription error. See Corwin's notes for discussion.

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NGC 7576 = MCG -01-59-012 = PGC 70948

23 17 22.7 -04 43 40; Aqr

V = 12.9;  Size 1.2'x1.0';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 165°

 

17.5" (8/7/91): moderately bright, fairly small, round, even concentration to a bright core containing a stellar nucleus.  Forms a pair with NGC 7585 10.7' NE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7576 = H. II-454 on 5 Oct 1785 (sweep 455) and logged "F, S, almost stellar."  His position is off by 1.6' southeast.  Nearby NGC 7585 had been discovered previously.

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NGC 7577 = PGC 70947

23 17 17.1 +07 21 56; Psc

V = 15.4;  Size 0.3'x0.3'

 

17.5" (11/18/95): extremely faint and small, round, 10" diameter.  Forms a close pair with a mag 15 star off the ENE edge 23" from center that confuses the observation.  Cannot hold steadily with averted at 220x but observation certain.  Faintest in trio and located 8.8' due west of NGC 7583 and 9.5' SW of NGC 7604.

 

Guillaume Bigourdan discovered NGC 7577 = Big. 97 on 7 Oct 1885.  His position in the Comptes Rendus list is just 1' north of PGC 70947, an extremely faint galaxy that is not listed in CGCG or MCG.  A mag 15 star just 23" northeast certainly contributed to the appearance of nebulosity.  This object is probably Bigourdan's faintest discovery. See Corwin's notes.

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NGC 7578 = NGC 7578B = HCG 94A = Arp 170 NED2 = VV 181a = (R)NGC 7578A = UGC 12478 = MCG +03-59-025 = CGCG 454-024 = PGC 70934

23 17 13.6 +18 42 29; Peg

V = 14.1;  Size 0.4'x0.4'

 

48" (10/27/16): at 488x; bright, fairly small, round, sharply concentrated with a very bright core that gradually increases to the center and a low surface brightness ~30" halo.  A mag 14.5 star is at the NE edge [17" from center]. Forms a bright double system with NGC 7578A = HCG 94B 0.6' SW.  The companion appeared fairly bright, small, round, sharply concentrated with a very bright core increasing to small intense nucleus.  HCG 94D, just northeast of the mag 14.5 star, is faint to fairly faint (V = 16.1), very small, round, 8" diameter, even surface brightness.

 

HCG 94C, the third brightest (V = 15.1) and perhaps the largest in the septet, is 2.2' NE.  It appeared moderately bright and large, very elongated at least 3:1 NNW-SSE, ~30"x10", well concentrated with a sharp bright nucleus.  HCG 94F, just 0.5' NW, is very faint (V = 17.0), very small, slightly elongated, 8"x6".  HCG 94G, 0.9' N of HCG 94C, is an extremely small, very faint glow (V = 17.2), only 6" diameter.  Completing the septet is HCG 94E, 1.2' NNE of NGC 7578.  This extremely faint (V = 16.9) edge-on extends 0.4'x0.1' and has a very low even surface brightness.  The observation was made through thin clouds.  This septet lies at a distance of ~570 million light years.

 

24" (8/14/15): at 375x; fairly faint to moderately bright, small, round, 24" diameter, very small bright nucleus.  A mag 14.5 star is just off the northeast side [17" from center].  Forms a double system with NGC 7578A = HCG 94B just 34" SW.  The companion appeared fairly faint, small, round, 20" diameter, contains a very small, bright nucleus.  NGC 7578C = HCG 94D, just 27" NE, is the faintest of 4 in HCG 94 and appeared extremely faint and small, round, only 6" diameter, visible only part of the time.  Finally HCG 94C lies 2.2' NE and appeared faint to fairly faint, small, elongated at least 3:2 N-S, contains a small brighter core and very faint extensions NNW-SSE, 18"x10".   The quartet (along with the mentioned star) are in a 2.8' linear string oriented SW-NE.

 

24" (8/16/12): at 376x the brightest member of HCG 94 appeared moderately bright, very small, round, 25" diameter, fairly high surface brightness, very small bright nucleus.  A mag 14.5 star is barely off the northeast end.  Forms a close pair with HCG 94B (34" between centers) with HCG 94D only 24" NE (very close to the mag 14.5 star).  HCG 94B (NGC 7578A) appeared fairly faint, very small, round, 20" core surrounded by a very low surface brightness halo.  HCG 94D (NGC 7578C) appeared extremely faint and small, round, 6" diameter.  HCG 94C lies 2.2' NE and appeared faint, small, elongated 2:1 ~N-S, contains a very small slightly brighter core and faint extensions NNW-SSE, ~20"x10".  A mag 14 star lies 50" S.

 

18" (8/25/06): this is the northeast component of a double system in HCG 94 (core of AGC 2572).  It appeared faint, very small, round, 0.4' diameter with a mag 14.5 star just off the NE end.

 

18" (9/3/05): fairly faint, very small, round, 25" diameter.  A mag 14 star is very close at the NE edge and somewhat confuses the view.  Forms a double with slightly fainter HCG 94B just 0.6' SW of center.  The SW component appeared faint, very small, round, 20" diameter.

 

18" (8/27/05): at 323x, this double system is cleanly resolved.  The NE component is faint, very small, round, 20" diameter.  A mag 14-15 star is just off the NE end and a second mag 14 star lies 50" south.  Just separated from HCG 94B, which lies 34" SW of center.

 

17.5" (9/7/96): fairly faint, small, round, 45" diameter.  A mag 14 star is at the NE edge and a second mag 14 star 0.9' S.  Forms a double system with UGC 12477 = HCG 94b on the SW side of the halo.  The brighter cores of the galaxies are cleanly resolved but both appear to be encased in a common outer halo.  The faintest member, HCG 94c, lies 2.2' NE.  HCG 93 lies only 32' NW!

 

17.5" (9/23/89): this is the brightest member of the HCG 94 compact group in AGC 2572 (identified as NGC 7578B in RC2, UGC and HCG).  Faint, small, slightly elongated SW-NE.  Attached to fainter NGC 7578A = HCG 94b just 34" SW of center in a common halo.  A mag 15 star is at the NE edge 15" from center and a mag 14 star is off the south side 52" from center.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7578 = H. III-182 = h2225 on 18 Sep 1784 (sweep 277) and recorded "2 vS stars about 2 or 3' distance with excessively faint nebulosity between them.  I saw also a third star."  He probably resolved the pair, though his separation estimate is much too large. On 15 Oct 1784 (sweep 290), he logged "Suspected, E, 240 shewed 4 or 5 small stars with seeming nebulosity but left it doubtful." John Herschel simply called this object "F" but his position matches - no mention of being double or nearby faint stars.  The brighter northeast member is designated NGC 7578B in RC2, RC3, UGC, MCG and Hickson.  See Corwin's notes for a full discussion.

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NGC 7579 = MCG +01-59-031 = CGCG 406-046 = PGC 70964

23 17 38.9 +09 26 00; Peg

V = 14.1;  Size 0.4'x0.3';  Surf Br = 11.6;  PA = 39°

 

24" (9/30/16): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 18"x15".  First in a small group of galaxies within Pegasus II cluster with NGC 7584 3.5' due east and CGCG 406-050 4.2' ESE.  Situated 6.7' SW of mag 7.6 HD 219728.

 

17.5" (10/28/89): very faint, very small, slightly elongated.  This Pegasus II member forms a trio with NGC 7584 3.5' E and CGCG 406-050 4.2' ENE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7579 = m 554, along with NGC 7484, on 5 Oct 1864 and noted "eF, vS, stellar."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7580 = UGC 12481 = MCG +02-59-019 = CGCG 431-034 = Mrk 318 = LGG 471-006 = PGC 70962

23 17 36.4 +14 00 04; Peg

V = 13.7;  Size 0.8'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 45°

 

17.5" (9/23/89): faint, small, slightly elongated SW-NE, bright core.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7580 = Sw. 5-99 on 25 Sep 1886 and recorded "vF; pS; R; F * nr sp; 3 stars following point to it."  His position and description is accurate.

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NGC 7581 = NGC 7541 = UGC 12447 = MCG +01-59-017 = CGCG 406-030 = Holm 805a = PGC 70795

23 14 43.9 +04 32 04; Psc

 

See observing notes for NGC 7541.

 

Horace Tuttle discovered NGC 7581 on 11 Jan 1875 with the 26-inch refractor at the U.S. Naval Observatory. Although Holden is credited with the discovery in the NGC, Wolfgang Steinicke found in the USNO observations for 1875 the entry "Jan. 11.  Nebula (nova).  In looking for Encke's Comet, found a vF, elongated nebula [alpha] = 23h 11m.4 [delta] = +3d 59.  T[uttle].".  There is nothing near his position.  In Die Herschel Nebel (1927), Karl Reinmuth states "not found, =N7541".  NGC 7541 is 3 minutes of RA west and 8' south of Tuttle's position, but there is a mag 12-13 star just east, which matches the NGC description.  So despite the very poor position this identification is possible.  See Harold Corwin's notes for more.

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NGC 7582 = ESO 291-016 = MCG -07-47-029 = LGG 472-004 = PGC 71001 = Grus Trio

23 18 23.5 -42 22 14; Gru

V = 10.6;  Size 5.0'x2.1';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 157°

 

48" (11/4/21): at 375x; extremely bright, very large, first and brightest of the Grus Triplet.  The main body or bar was elongated ~6:1 NNW-SSE and brighter along the major axis.  The center increased sharply in intensity with an impressively bright elongated core rising to a stellar peak.  A low contrast spiral arm is attached at the SE end. It curled sharply towards the NW (roughly parallel to the bar) and faded out close NE of a mag 13.4 star.

 

30" (10/21/17 - OzSky): at 264x; extremely bright, very large, very elongated ~3:1 NNW-SSE,  ~3.6'x1.2'. Strong concentration with an extremely bright elongated core and a prominent quasi-stellar nucleus.  This barred spiral is brighter along the spine of the major axis and displays a mottled or patchy surface brightness.  NGC 7582 is the largest and most impressive in the Grus Triplet with NGC 7590 5' NE and NGC 7599 12.5' NE. 

 

13.1" (11/5/83): fairly large, diffuse, elongated NNW-SSE.  First of three in the field with NGC 7590 9.8' NE and NGC 7599 12.6' NE.

 

James Dunlop discovered NGC 7582 = D 476 = h3977 on 7 Jul 1826 and recorded "a small faint round nebula, about 30" diameter: a double nebula follow this [NGC 7590 and 7599]."  John Herschel made a single observation on 2 Sep 1836 and described "pB, L, pmE, gradually brighter in the middle."  His declination was 15' too large.   NGC 7582 was first photographed by DeLisle Stewart at Harvard's Arequipa Station between 1898 and 1901 and the position was corrected.

 

When Pietro Baracchi observed the field on 2 Nov 1885 with the Great Melbourne Telescope, he couldn't find NGC 7582 at Herschel's position, but instead picked up MCG -07-47-031, an uncredited discovery.

 

A photograph of NGC 7582, 7590 and 7599 was taken by Harlow Shapley and John S. Paraskevopoulos in the late 1930s with the 60-inch reflector (one of Andrew Ainslie Common's mirrors) at Harvard's Boyden Station in Bloemfontein, South Africa. They described the trio as "The spirals NGC 7582-90-99, which probably form a physical system, are much alike in dimensions, inclination and class, but they differ considerably in structural details. Faint spiral arms appear to envelop the main body of NGC 7582; and NGC 7599 has no strong nucleus."

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NGC 7583 = NGC 7605 = MCG +01-59-034 = CGCG 406-047 = PGC 70975

23 17 52.8 +07 22 46; Psc

V = 13.8;  Size 0.7'x0.7';  Surf Br = 12.8

 

17.5" (11/18/95): faint, small, round, well-defined 30" halo.  Weak concentration to a small brighter core.  A mag 14 star is 1.1' W of center.  Brightest of trio with NGC 7604 = MCG +01-59-033 = CGCG 406-048 3.0' N and NGC 7577 8.8' W.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7583 = m 555 on 2 Sep 1864 and noted "vF, vS."  His position is 2' north of CGCG 406-047 and 1' south of CGCG 404-048.  Since he only observed one of these galaxies on this date, it's reasonable to assume he picked up CGCG 406-047, as this is the brighter galaxy.  Marth probably found this galaxy again three months later on 29 Nov 1864 as m 568 = NGC 7605 but his RA was 1.0 tmin too large.  So, NGC 7583 = NGC 7603 = CGCG 406-047.  CGCG doesn't use the NGC designation and misidentifies CGCG 406-048 as NGC 7583.  This latter galaxy is probably NGC 7604.

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NGC 7584 = MCG +01-59-035 = CGCG 406-049 = PGC 70977

23 17 53.0 +09 26 00; Peg

V = 14.4;  Size 0.4'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.1

 

24" (9/30/16): at 375x; fairly faint, small, round, 20" diameter.  In a trio with CGCG 406-050 1.1' NE and NGC 7579 3.5' due W.  Located 4.5' SSW of mag 7.6 HD 219728.  CGCG 406-050 appeared faint, very small, round, 10"-12" diameter.  A mag 14 star is 0.9' SE.  Member of the Pegasus II cluster.

 

17.5" (10/28/89): very faint, very small, round.  A mag 15.5 star (or extremely faint and small galaxy) is off the SW edge.  A mag 14 star is 1.3' ENE.  Forms a trio with CGCG 406-050 1.1' NNE and NGC 7579 3.5' W.  Located 4.6' SSW of mag 7.6 SAO 128095 in the Pegasus II cluster.  CGCG 406-050 appeared extremely faint and small, round.  A mag 15.5 star is less than 1' WSW and a mag 14 star is 1' SE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7584 = m 556, along with NGC 7579, on 5 Oct 1864 and noted "eF, vS, stellar."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7585 = Arp 223 = MCG -01-59-015 = PGC 70986

23 18 01.2 -04 38 58; Aqr

V = 11.4;  Size 2.3'x2.0';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 105°

 

17.5" (8/7/91): bright, moderately large, elongated 3:2 WNW-ESE, small very bright core, stellar nucleus.  Located 8.0' SSE of mag 8.5 SAO 146621.  Forms a pair with NGC 7576 10.7' SW.  NGC 7592 lies 15' NE. 

 

8" (9/25/81): faint, small, small bright nucleus.  Two mag 8 stars are in the field to the north and NW.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7585 = H. II-236 = h2226 = h3979 on 20 Sep 1784 (sweep 279).  He noted "pretty bright, irr E, resolvable.  On 5 Oct 1785 (sweep 455) he called it "pretty bright, pretty large, irregularly round, much brighter middle."  John Herschel made an observation from Slough as well as the Cape of Good Hope.

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NGC 7586 = LEDA 1349697

23 17 55.6 +08 35 03; Peg

V = 14.8;  Size 0.5'x0.4'

 

24" (8/29/19): at 375x; between faint and fairly faint, small, round, 25" diameter halo, very small brighter core, occasional faint stellar nucleus.  Easily seen 3.8' NW of a mag 9.3 star.  This galaxy lies in the bacground of the Pegasus I cluster.

 

CGCG 406-45, misidentified as NGC 7586 in the CGCG, RNGC and PGC, is noticeably fainter and appeared very faint (V = 15.7), round, ~20" diameter, very low surface brightness.  Located 20' SSE of NGC 7586.

 

17.5" (11/18/95): very faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, slight central brightening.  Located 3.8' NW of mag 9 SAO 128097 and collinear with a mag 12 star 1.3' SE of the mag 9 star.  RNGC and CGCG misidentify CGCG 406-045 as NGC 7586.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7586 = m 557 on 2 Sep 1864 and noted "eF, vS, alm stellar."  His position is less than 1' northwest of LEDA 1349697, an extremely compact galaxy.  Bigourdan also made two observations of this galaxy as well as Hermann Kobold with the 18-inch refractor at Strasbourg. Karl Reinmuth appears to have identified this galaxy correctly in his 1926 Die Herschel-Nebel.

 

But RNGC, CGCG, PGC, HyperLeda misidentified the double system CGCG 406-045 as NGC 7586.  This galaxy is located 20' south of Marth's and Bigourdan's position. Malcolm Thomson discussed this identification in Q. Jl R. astr. Soc. (1991), 32, 17-24 and his unpublished "Catalogue Corrections".

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NGC 7587 = UGC 12484 = MCG +01-59-037 = CGCG 406-052 = PGC 70984

23 17 59.1 +09 40 49; Peg

V = 13.9;  Size 1.3'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 123°

 

24" (9/30/16): moderately to fairly bright, very elongated 3:1 NW-SE, ~50"x18", high surface brightness, small bright core.  A mag 11 star is 2.5' NE.  Forms a close pair with CGCG 406-051 [51" between centers].  The companion appeared very faint, small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, 20"x10".

 

17.5" (10/28/89): faint, fairly small, very elongated NW-SE, weak concentration.  Forms a close pair with CGCG 406-051 0.9' S.  The companion is extremely faint and small, round.  At z = .029, this galaxy is twice the redshift of the main members of Pegasus I, so perhaps is a member of the Pegasus II cluster.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7587 = m 558 on 5 Oct 1864 and noted "vF, vS, lE, gradually brighter in the middle."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7588 = MCG +03-59-031 = CGCG 454-030 = PGC 70983

23 17 57.8 +18 45 08; Peg

V = 14.9;  Size 0.5'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.6

 

18" (8/25/06): very faint, extremely small, round, 8" diameter with a well-defined halo, even surface brightness.  Located 2' NW of a 9th magnitude star and 8.6' NW of NGC 7597 in the core of AGC 2572.

 

17.5" (9/23/89): extremely faint and small, round.  This member of AGC 2572 is located on a line with a mag 13 star 1.0' SE and mag 8.8 SAO 108523 2.1' SE.  Also lies 3.1' N of mag 8.6 SAO 108518.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7588 = m 559, along with NGC 7598 and 7602, on 3 Nov 1864 and noted "eF, eS."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7589 = MCG +00-59-019 = CGCG 380-024 = PGC 70995

23 18 15.7 +00 15 40; Psc

V = 14.4;  Size 1.1'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.8;  PA = 102°

 

17.5" (8/1/87): very faint, small, slightly elongated SW-NE, weak concentration.  Located 1.2' W of a double star with components mag 11/14 at 18" separation.  Forms a pair with NGC 7603 8' ESE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7589 = m 560, along with NGC 7603, on 23 Oct 1864 and noted "eF, vS."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7590 = ESO 347-033 = MCG -07-47-030 = LGG 472-005 = PGC 71031 = Grus Trio

23 18 54.8 -42 14 21; Gru

V = 11.5;  Size 2.7'x1.0';  Surf Br = 12.5;  PA = 36°

 

48" (11/4/21): at 375x; extremely bright, large, very elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE, just over 2' in length.  Sharp and strong concentration with a very small, very bright elongated core and a stellar nucleus.  A mag 12 star is attached just E of the NE end of the galaxy.  Despite a very high, but uneven surface brightness, spiral structure wasn't noticed. NGC 7599 is 5' E and NGC 7582 10' SW, forming the Grus Triplet.

 

30" (10/21/17 - OzSky): at 264x; very bright prominent ellipse, very elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE,, ~2.1'x0.7'.  Strongly concentrated with a very bright, elongated core that appeared mottled. A mag 12.0 is attached on the east side of the northern end of the galaxy.  NGC 7590 is the second of three in the Grus Triplet with NGC 7599 5' ESE and NGC 7582 10' SW.

 

13.1" (11/5/83): faint, small, elongated SW-NE.  A star is at the NE edge.  Forms a pair with NGC 7599 4.9' ESE.  Second of three with NGC 7582 9.8' SW.

 

James Dunlop discovered NGC 7590 = D 477.1 = h3980 on 14 Jul 1826, along with NGC 7599 and recorded "two very small round nebulae [NGC 7590 and 7599], nearly the same RA, and differing about 1' in polar distances."  His single position for the pair was over 30' too far west.

 

John Herschel observed the pair of 2 Sep 1836 (sweep 728) and logged "pB; pmE; gradually brighter in the middle; 90 arcseconds, the preceding of two [with NGC 7599]."

 

A photograph of NGC 7582, 7590 and 7599 was taken by Harlow Shapley and John S. Paraskevopoulos in the late 1930s with the 60-inch reflector (thin mirror originally from Andrew Ainslie Common) at Harvard's Boyden Station in Bloemfontein, South Africa. They described the trio as "The spirals NGC 7582-90-99, which probably form a physical system, are much alike in dimensions, inclination and class, but they differ considerably in structural details. Faint spiral arms appear to envelop the main body of NGC 7582; and NGC 7599 has no strong nucleus."

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NGC 7591 = UGC 12486 = MCG +01-59-038 = CGCG 406-053 = PGC 70996

23 18 16.3 +06 35 09; Psc

V = 13.0;  Size 1.9'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 145°

 

17.5" (11/1/86): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated NW-SE, weak concentration.  Located 34' ESE of NGC 7562.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7591 = m 561 on 14 Aug 1864 and noted "pF, S, R, very gradually brighter middle."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7592 = MCG -01-59-017 = VV 731 = PGC 70999

23 18 22.5 -04 24 59; Aqr

V = 13.5;  Size 1.3'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.7;  PA = 57°

 

48" (10/29/19): NGC 7592 is an interacting, merged pair with a separation of only 13"!  At 610x the western component (NGC 7592 W) appeared moderately bright, small, round, with a sharp stellar nucleus.  A low surface brightness tidal arm was attached on the west side and it hooked to the north.  The brighter eastern galaxy (NGC 7592 E) was fairly bright, fairly small, roundish, ~25" diameter, very bright core offset towards the north side.  A very small HII knot, 6"-8" diameter, called NGC 7592 S, is at the southwest end [13" from center].  A very low surface brightness halo extended further southwest of 7592 E and directly south of 7592 W.  This section is probably part of another tidal tail.

 

24" (8/23/14): at 375x appeared fairly faint, fairly small, irregular.  The component with the highest surface brightness is the core of the eastern galaxy (NGC 7592B = 7592E).  Most of the glow extended southwest (NGC 7592C = 7592S) and created an asymmetric appearance.  The nucleus of the western galaxy (NGC 7592A =7592W) appeared faint and extremely small, perhaps 5" diameter.  The arm or wing to its north was not seen.  The two nuclei are separated by only 13".  The nucleus of the third southern component, which wasn't seen, is probably a large HII clump in NGC 7592E.  The western galaxy has a Sy2 nucleus.

 

17.5" (8/7/91): faint, small, round.  NGC 7592A, a very faint and extremely small companion (only the nucleus was observed) attached at the west edge, was just resolved.  NGC 7585 lies 17' SW.  This is an interacting/colliding pair on the POSS with nuclei only 15" apart!

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7592 = H. III-186 on 20 Sep 1784 (sweep 279) and noted "eF and vS."  Heinrich d'Arrest measured an accurate micrometric position on 2 Oct 1866.

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NGC 7593 = UGC 12483 = MCG +02-59-020 = CGCG 431-035 = PGC 70981

23 17 57.0 +11 20 57; Peg

V = 13.7;  Size 1.0'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 104°

 

17.5" (8/27/92): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 WSW-ENE, even surface brightness.  A mag 15 star is at the NE edge.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7593 = m 562 on 5 Oct 1864 and noted "F, S, R."  There is nothing at his position but 23 seconds of RA west is UGC 12483 (same dec).  Bigourdan measured an accurate position on 30 Oct 1886 (repeated in the IC 2 Notes).

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NGC 7594 = IC 1478 = UGC 12485 = MCG +02-59-023 = CGCG 431-037 = WBL 706-003 = PGC 70991

23 18 13.9 +10 17 54; Peg

V = 13.7;  Size 1.4'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.9;  PA = 30°

 

17.5" (11/18/95): faint, small, elongated 2:1 ~N-S, 0.8'x0.4', broad weak concentration.  The outer halo increases in size with averted vision.  Brightest in a quartet (WBL 706) with IC's 5305, 5306, 5307.  NGC 7594 is identified as IC 1478 in UGC, MCG, CGCG and RC3.

 

IC 5305 is faint, very small, round, 15" diameter, weak concentration.  Located 3.8' NNE of a mag 11.5 star and 1.9' W of NGC 7594.  Collinear with two mag 14 stars 45" SSW and 1.4' SSW.

IC 5306 is extremely faint and small, round, 15" diameter, low surface brightness.  Collinear with IC 5305 3.4' NNW and two mag 14 stars 2.0' NNW and 2.7' NNW.

IC 5307 is extremely faint and small, round, 15" diameter, required averted to glimpse.  Faintest of four in the NGC 7594 group.

 

Andrew Ainslie Common discovered NGC 7594 = Nova #27 in August 1880 with his 36-inch reflector and recorded "Faint, round, following 3 stars in a line [with orientation] 90° pointing to another fainter nebula south."  His discovery position (estimated using setting circles) is ~6' southeast of UGC 12485, the brightest galaxy in a group and his description applies.  Bigourdan independently discovered this galaxy on 22 Aug 1889, measured an accurate position and catalogued it as Big. 239 (later IC 1478). Kobold also measured an accurate position in 1897.  All modern galaxy catalogues (as well as HyperLeda) identify this galaxy as IC 1478.

 

The "fainter nebula south" is IC 5306 (independently found by Kobold in 1897), and the northernmost of the "3 stars in line 90°" is IC 5305!  The two ICs, as well as IC 5307 were found by Kobold in 1897.  RC3, MCG, RNGC and DSFG misidentify IC 5306 as NGC 7594.  I noticed this identification while examining John Vickers' CCD Atlas.  Listed in my RNGC Corrections #7 as well as Harold Corwin's identification notes.

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NGC 7595 = PGC 71004

23 18 30.2 +09 55 57; Peg

V = 14.1;  Size 0.4'x0.4'

 

17.5" (11/18/95): very faint, very small, round, 20" diameter.  Collinear with two mag 14 and 15 stars 0.8' and 1.4' due S, respectively.  A group of four mag 11/12 stars lie ~3' NE.  Located about 20' S of the NGC 7594 group (including IC's 5305, 5306 and 5307) in the northern part of Pegasus I cluster.

 

Ainslie Common discovered NGC 7595 = Nova #28 in Aug of 1880 and simply noted "F, stellar."  His position corresponds with PGC 71004.  This galaxy is not catalogued in the CGCG, MCG, RC3.

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NGC 7596 = IC 1477 = MCG -01-59-011 = PGC 70932

23 17 12.0 -06 54 43; Aqr

V = 14.1;  Size 1.0'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 34°

 

17.5" (7/25/95): faint, small, round, 30" diameter, very weak concentration.  Located nearly at the midpoint of two mag 13.5 stars 1.1' W and 1.4' E.  Two similar star are also 1.3' S and 2.3' SE.  The PGC magnitude (B = 12.9) appears to be too bright.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7596 = LM 1-262 on 28 Sep 1886 and reported "mag 13.5; pS; lE 180° [N-S], little brighter middle to a nucleus."  There is nothing at his rough position (even the nearest min of RA is marked uncertain), but 1.5 min of RA west is MCG -01-59-011 = PGC 70932.  Harold Corwin checked Leavenworth's sketched and confirmed it matches PGC 70932.  Stephane Javelle found this galaxy 6 years later on 16 Sep 1892 with the 30" refractor at the Nice Observatory, measured an accurate position for J. 485 (later IC 1477).  So, NGC 7596 = IC 1477.  MCG uses the IC designation.

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NGC 7597 = NGC 7571?? = MCG +03-59-032 = CGCG 454-032 = PGC 71006

23 18 30.3 +18 41 19; Peg

V = 13.9;  Size 0.9'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.5

 

18" (8/25/06): fairly faint, fairly small, irregularly round, 0.8'x0.7', broadly concentrated halo rising quickly to a small, bright core.  A faint double star lies 1.3' WSW.  This galaxy is the brightest in the core of AGC 2572.  The cluster is located within a group of 5 brighter mag 8-10 stars that detracts from viewing.

 

17.5" (9/23/89): very faint, small, round, small bright core.  Located between two mag 14 stars 1.2' SW and 1.3' NE.  Brightest of trio with NGC 7598 3.7' NNE and NGC 7602 3.2' ENE in AGC 2572.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7597 = m 563 on 23 Oct 1864 and noted "eF, vS, gradually brighter in the middle."  His position is 1'-2' south of CGCG 454-032.  Harold Corwin proposes that Herman Schultz may have found this galaxy again on 25 Sep 1867 with the 9.6-inch refractor at Uppsala Observatory and it was recorded as GC 6161 = NGC 7571.  See that number.

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NGC 7598 = MCG +03-59-033 = CGCG 454-033 = PGC 71011

23 18 33.3 +18 44 58; Peg

V = 14.8;  Size 0.5'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.0

 

18" (8/25/06): extremely faint and small, round, 8" diameter.  Forms a close "double" with a slightly brighter mag 15 star.  Located 2.2' NE of a mag 9.8 star and 3.7' N of NGC 7597 in the core of AGC 2572.

 

17.5" (9/23/89): extremely faint and small, round.  This member of AGC 2572 is located 2.2' NE of a mag 9.5 star.  In a close trio with NGC 7597 3.7' SSW and NGC 7602 3.9' SE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7598 = m 564, along with NGC 7588 and 7602, on 3 Nov 1864 and noted "eF, eS, stellar."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7599 = IC 5308 = ESO 347-034 = MCG -07-47-033 = LGG 472-006 = PGC 71066 = Grus Trio

23 19 21.1 -42 15 25; Gru

V = 11.5;  Size 4.4'x1.3';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 57°

 

48" (11/4/21): at 375x; very bright and large, roughly oval 5:2 SW-NE, ~3'x1.2'.  Broad concentration with a slightly brighter core, but no nucleus. Brighter along the major axis like a bar.  A mag 14 star is superimposed along the northern flank towards the NE end.  The SW end tapered somewhat but the NE end was oddly truncated due to dust. A mag 12.8 star is 1.5' E of center.  Last in the superb Grus Triplet with NGC 7582 and 7590.

 

30" (10/21/17 - OzSky): NGC 7599 is the third in the showpiece Grus Trio.  At 264x it appeared very bright, very large, elongated nearly 3:1 SW-NE, ~3.25'x1'. It was broadly concentrated but there was no distinct core or nucleus.  The surface brightness was uneven or mottled, though, likely due to spiral structure or dust.  The southwest end appeared more tapered and had a very faint extension at the tip, while the northeast side ends more abruptly.  A mag 14 star is superimposed on the north side, 0.8' NNE of center. A mag 12.8 star is off the east side, 1.5' from center.  NGC 7590 lies 5' WNW.

 

13.1" (11/5/83): extremely faint, fairly large, very elongated SW-NE, at visual threshold.  Located 4.9' ESE of NGC 7590.  Faintest of three nearly edge-on galaxies in the field (Grus Quartet including NGC 7552).  Observation hampered by very low elevation from Northern California.

 

James Dunlop discovered NGC 7599 = D 477.2 = h3981, along with NGC 7582, on 14 Jul 1826 and recorded "two very small round nebulae, nearly the same RA, and differing about 1' in polar distances."  His single position was 30' too far W.  John Herschel observed the pair of 2 Sep 1836 (sweep 728) and logged "F; pmE; gradually brighter in the middle; 3'; [the following of two]."

 

Harold Corwin notes that Lewis Swift's XI-227 = IC 5308, found on 8 Aug 1897 and described as "eeF; S; cE; f of 3; f of 7599.", is probably a duplicate observation.  Swift likely confused NGC 7590 as 7599 and assumed Sw. 11-227 was new.  See Corwin's historical notes.

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NGC 7600 = MCG -01-59-019 = PGC 71029

23 18 53.8 -07 34 50; Aqr

V = 11.9;  Size 2.5'x1.1';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 69°

 

13.1" (11/5/83): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated E-W, bright core, faint stellar nucleus.  A group of bright stars mag 8-9 to the NW forms a "V" asterism pointing to the E; includes mag 7.8 SAO 146629 12' NW, mag 8.3 SAO 146619 16' WNW, mag 8.8 SAO 146626 16' NW and mag 8.5 SAO 146625 21' NW.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7600 = H. II-431 = h2227 on 10 Sep 1785 (sweep 435) and recorded "vF, S, mbM, irregularly a little extended, r."  John Herschel made two observation, logging (sweep 186), "pB; R; pretty suddenly brighter middle; 15"."

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NGC 7601 = UGC 12487 = MCG +01-59-039 = CGCG 406-056 = PGC 71022

23 18 47.0 +09 14 01; Peg

V = 14.0;  Size 1.2'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.9;  PA = 90°

 

24" (9/30/16): at 375x; fairly faint, moderately large, slightly elongated E-W, 40"x32", low surface brightness, very weak concentration.  A mag 12 star is 1.4' N.  CGCG 406-063 lies 7.2' NE

 

17.5" (10/12/85 and 10/28/89): very faint, fairly small, slightly elongated oval ~E-W, diffuse, even surface brightness.  A mag 11.5 star is 1.4' N of center.  Forms a pair with CGCG 406-063 7.1' NE in the Pegasus I cluster.  NGC 7584/NGC 7579 pair lies 18' NW.

 

Andrew Ainslie Common discovered NGC 7601 on 4 Aug 1880 with his 36-inch reflector.  He reported "pB, diffused.  Found in looking for Faye's comet."  His position is 2' due north of UGC 12487 - an unusually good position.

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NGC 7602 = MCG +03-59-034 - CGCG 454-034 = PGC 71019

23 18 43.5 +18 41 54; Peg

V = 14.4;  Size 0.5'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.9

 

18" (8/25/06): faint, very small, round, 15" diameter, very small brighter core.  Located  3.2' NNW of an 8th magnitude star and 3' ENE of NGC 7597 in the core of AGC 2572.

 

17.5" (9/23/89): very faint, extremely small, round, very faint stellar nucleus.  A mag 15 star is 38" NNW of center.  Located 3.2' NNW of mag 8 SAO 108536.  In a trio with NGC 7597 3.2' WSW and NGC 7598 3.9' NW within AGC 2572.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7602 = m 565, along with NGC 7588 and 7598, on 3 Nov 1864 and noted "eF, eS, stellar."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7603 = Arp 92 = UGC 12493 = MCG +00-59-021 = CGCG 380-026 = Mrk 530 = PGC 71035

23 18 56.6 +00 14 38; Psc

V = 13.2;  Size 1.5'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 165°

 

48" (10/29/16): at 610x; bright, moderately large, round, sharply concentrated with a very bright core and an intensely bright stellar nucleus!  The roundish halo gradually fades out around 1.0' diameter.  The beginning of a tidal arm is occasionally visible on the south side, extending a short distance to the southeast, but not reaching NGC 7603B.  The apparent companion, resides far in the background at a redshift distance of ~740 million ly.  It appeared fairly faint, fairly small, round, 0.3' diameter, very small brighter core, stellar nucleus.  A hint of the apparent bridge from NGC 7603 is just visible close west, but was not seen as connected.

 

48" (10/22/11): at 375x, this Seyfert galaxy is unusually sharply concentrated and displayed an extremely bright stellar nucleus surrounded by an intensely bright, 20" core with a much fainter outer halo extending 1.3'x1.0'.  Forms a close pair with NGC 7603B = PGC 71041 just 1' SE.  At 610x, the small companion is just outside the halo of NGC 7603 and appeared fairly faint, fairly small, round, 20" diameter.

 

24" (9/1/16): at 220x; bright, small, round, contains a very small unusually bright core that increases to an extremely bright stellar nucleus (Seyfert galaxy)!  Forms a close (line of sight) pair with NGC 7603B 1.0' SE.  The companion appeared extremely to very faint, extremely small, only ~6" diameter, required averted to see (V = 15.9, B = 16.7).

 

17.5" (8/1/87): moderately bright, fairly small, oval ~N-S, sharp concentration, small bright core, stellar nucleus.  Forms a pair with NGC 7589 8' WNW.  Located 5.1' SW of a mag 9.5 star.

 

13.1" (8/11/85): faint, small, round, sharp concentration, stellar nucleus.  Located ~5' W of a mag 9 star.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7603 = m 566, along with NGC 7589, on 23 Oct 1864 and noted "F, vS, stellar."  Stephan made observatiosn on 5 Oct 1869 and 14 Sep 1876.

 

There is a long-standing redshift controversy with this pair first mentioned by Arp in ApL, 7, 221, 1971.  NGC 7603, the brighter galaxy, has a redshift z = .029 (~390 million ly) while its companion NGC 7603B has a much higher redshift z = .057, placing it about twice the distance (~740 million ly).  But there appears to be a luminous bridge connecting the objects that is easily visible on the DSS.  Also two quasars with much higher redshifts (z = .391 and z = .243) are embedded exactly on line of sight at the start and end of the bridge.

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NGC 7604 = MCG +01-59-033 = CGCG 406-048 = LGG 473-020 = PGC 70974

23 17 51.9 +07 25 48; Psc

V = 14.5;  Size 0.5'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.4;  PA = 90°

 

17.5" (11/18/95): very faint, extremely small, round, 15" diameter, appears to brighten slightly at the center.  Can just hold steadily with averted vision.  Forms a pair with NGC 7583 = NGC 7605 3.0' S.  Outlying member of the Pegasus I cluster.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7604 = m 567, along with NGC 7605, on 29 Nov 1864 and noted "eF, vS, bM."  There is nothing at his position bright enough to have been seen, but exactly 1.0 minute of RA preceding is CGCG 406-048 = PGC 70974.  This galaxy is 3' north of NGC 7583.  Assuming Marth made the same 1.0 minute recording error for NGC 7605 = m 568 (observed on same night), then NGC 7605 matches NGC 7583. Karl Reinmuth and RNGC also equated NGC 7604 with CGCG 406-048.

 

Hermann Kobold independently discovered CGCG 406-048 in 1899 with the 18-inch Merz refractor at the Strasbourg Observatory.  He reported it as Kobold 20 (20th discovery) in his big table of NGC positions in the 1907 Strasbourg Annales, Vol 3.

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NGC 7605 = NGC 7583 = MCG +01-59-034 = CGCG 404-047 = PGC 70975

23 17 52.8 +07 22 46; Psc

 

See observing notes for NGC 7583.

 

Albert Marth found NGC 7605 = m 568, along with NGC 7604, on 29 Nov 1864 and noted "vF, S, R, gradually little brighter middle."  There is nothing at his position, but 1.0 minute of RA preceding is CGCG 404-047 = NGC 7583, which Marth had discovered a few months earlier on 2 Sep 1864.  So, NGC 7605 = NGC 7583.  See NGC 7604.

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NGC 7606 = MCG -02-59-012 = PGC 71047

23 19 05.1 -08 29 05; Aqr

V = 10.8;  Size 5.4'x2.1';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 145°

 

13.1" (11/5/83): fairly bright, large, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, weak concentration, diffuse halo, possible faint stellar nucleus.  Bracketed between two mag 12/13 stars that lie 3' N and 2.5' S of center.

 

8" (11/8/80): faint, elongated.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7606 = H. I-104 = h2228 = h3982 on 28 Sep 1785 (sweep 445) and recorded "cB, cL, gradually much brighter middle, nearly in the meridian, each end seems to terminate in a very faint ray."  From the Cape of Good Hope, John Herschel reported "F; pL; pmE; 2' l, 1 1/2' br."  On 18 Sep 1852, G. Johnstone Stoney, observing with LdR's 72", logged "seemed narrowest in the middle and to spread out at either end, a small star nnp nucl on edge of neby.  Query, a brighter streak f nucl from np to sf [probably the eastern spiral arm]."

 

Based on a photograph taken at the Helwan observatory in 1919-20, NGC 7606 was described as "a fine compact spiral with dark lanes between the whorls, bright almost stellar nucleus."

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NGC 7607 = IC 1480

23 18 59.4 +11 20 30; Peg

 

= **, Corwin. Not found, RNGC.

 

Wilhelm Tempel discovered NGC 7607 = T. 4-13 on 5 Aug 1880.  A faint double star is at his ring micrometric position and he notes a 16th magnitude star is 1/2' northeast.  Harold Corwin remarks that Bigourdan found this double again on 30 Oct 1886 and called it a "Small cluster 20 arcsec in diameter in which I can distinguish at least two stars, perhaps accompanied by a little nebulosity." His entry B. 240 in his 5th Comptes Rendus list became IC 1480, so NGC 7607 = IC 1480 = double star.  See Corwin's notes.

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NGC 7608 = UGC 12500 = MCG +01-59-044 = CGCG 406-062 = LGG 473-004 = PGC 71055

23 19 15.3 +08 21 01; Peg

V = 14.2;  Size 1.5'x0.4';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 20°

 

24" (8/29/19): at 375x; between faint and fairly faint, moderately large, edge-on 4:1 SSW-NNE, 1.2'x0.3', broad and weak concentration, no distinct core.  The major axis lines up with a 1' pair of mag 9.2 and 9.6 stars 7' SSW.  Another pair with a similar position angle is 5' SE!  Located 17' NW of NGC 7619 in the Pegasus I cluster.

 

17.5" (9/14/85): very faint, small, diffuse, very elongated ~N-S, even surface brightness, requires averted.  IC 5309 lies 14' S.  Collinear with mag 8.5 SAO 128112 7' SSW and mag 9 SAO 28111 8' SSW.  A second wide bright pair lies 5.5' SE (mag 10/11 at 42").  Member of the Pegasus I cluster.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7608 = m 569 on 25 Nov 1864 and noted "vF, pS, lE, little brighter in the middle."  His position is 2' too far southwest.  Heinrich d'Arrest independently discovered this galaxy on 2 Oct 1866 (single observation).

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NGC 7609 = HCG 95A = Arp 150 NED1 = VV 20a = MCG +01-59-047 = CGCG 406-065 = PGC 71076

23 19 30.0 +09 30 30; Peg

V = 14.1;  Size 1.3'x1.1';  Surf Br = 14.3;  PA = 135°

 

48" (10/27/16): at 488x; bright, fairly small, roundish, sharply concentrated with an intensely bright nucleus and a slightly elongated halo.  NGC 7609 = HCG 95A forms an interacting system with HCG 95D 0.4' SE.  HCG 95D appeared fairly faint, small, round, 12"-15" diameter.  The beginning of the tidal bridge or loop connecting HCG 95D to NGC 7609 on the north side was faintly visible.  MCG +01-59-048 = HCG 95B, situated 1.2' SE, appeared fairly faint to moderately bright, very elongated 7:2 NW-SE, slightly brighter core, ~30" length.  Two mag 15 stars are close southwest.  MCG +01-59-046 = HCG 95C, 1' SW of NGC 7609, is the faintest in the quartet and appeared as a low even surface brightness sliver, ~30"x6" NW-SE.  HCG 95B is likely a a foreground galaxy based on the 2MASS redshift, with the other three forming an interacting triplet.

 

48" (10/23/11): bright, fairly small, slightly elongated SW-NE, 30"x25" very bright core surrounded by a fainter halo.  Forms an interacting pair with HCG 95D (25" between centers) on the southeast side.  At 488x the close duo was connected on the north side by a very faint loop or bridge!  The tidal plume to the south of 95D (forming a partial ring) was not seen.  The total size of the system is ~45"x30", oriented NW-SE.

 

18" (9/3/05): fairly faint, very small, slightly elongated, 25"x20".  Brightest in HCG 95 and forms a double system with 95D.  The attached companion (VV 20b = HCG 95D) was extremely faint and small, round, 5" diameter. It was only glimpsed a few times so the observation was not 100% certain.

 

18" (8/27/05): faint, very small, round, 20" diameter.  At times, appeared slightly elongated ~4:3, possibly due to HCG 95D which is attached to the southeast end.  Located 3' WNW of a faint, unequal double star.

 

17.5" (9/7/96): very faint, small, elongated 4:3 WSW-ENE, 40"x30", very little concentration. This is an interacting pair with HCG 95D attached at southeast end (not seen) and HCG 95B lies just 1.2' SE.  In the background of the Pegasus I cluster.

 

17.5" (10/28/89): very faint, very small, stellar nucleus or star superimposed.  Located 18' NNE of NGC 7601 in the Pegasus I cluster.  On the POSS this is a close double galaxy with stellar nuclei.  Brightest in HCG 95.

 

17.5" (10/12/85): faint, very small, faint stellar nucleus.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7609 = m 570 on 5 Oct 1864 and noted "vF, vS, gradually brighter in the middle."  Although there are four galaxies here (HCG 95), it's reasonable to assign NGC 7609 to the brightest member only as it wasn't mentioned as double.

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NGC 7610 = NGC 7616? = UGC 12511 = MCG +02-59-025 = CGCG 431-042 = LGG 473-010 = PGC 71087

23 19 41.4 +10 11 06; Peg

V = 13.0;  Size 2.5'x1.9';  Surf Br = 14.5

 

17.5" (8/27/92): faint, moderately large, 1.5' diameter, low surface brightness, no central concentration.  A mag 12 star is just off the southwest edge 1.1' from the center.  Located at the north edge of the Pegasus I cluster.

 

Andrew Ainslie Common discovered NGC 7610 in August of 1880 using his 36-inch reflector and recorded "F, S, diffused."  His position is 10 seconds west and 1.7' south of UGC 12511.  Nearby NGC 7616 (28 seconds of RA larger) may be a duplicate observation.

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NGC 7611 = UGC 12509 = MCG +01-59-049 = CGCG 406-066 = LGG 473-006 = PGC 71083

23 19 36.6 +08 03 48; Psc

V = 12.5;  Size 1.5'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.3;  PA = 139°

 

17.5" (9/14/85): fairly faint, small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, stellar nucleus.  NGC 7619 lies 12.7' NE.  Located 5.5' NNW of mag 7.1 SAO 128119 in the Pegasus I cluster.

 

13.1" (several dates from 11/13/82 to 9/22/84): faint, small, round, stellar nucleus, slightly elongated.  A mag 7 star is 5' S.  NGC 7619 is 12' NE.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7611 on 21 Sep 1862 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.  He observed this galaxy on 6 nights and noted several times it formed a triangle with two stars (estimated at mag 17 and 18, though only mag 14).  This galaxy appears to have been missed at Birr Castle (NGC 7617 was seen instead).

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NGC 7612 = UGC 12512 = MCG +01-59-050 = CGCG 406-068 = LGG 473-008 = PGC 71089

23 19 44.2 +08 34 35; Peg

V = 12.8;  Size 1.6'x0.8';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 2°

 

24" (12/8/20): at 260x; fairly bright, fairly high surface brightness (core region), elongated 3:2 N-S, 0.6'x0.4'.  Forms a pair with CGCG 406-069 2.8' ESE.  The companion was extremely faint and only 0.3' in diameter.

 

17.5" (9/14/85): fairly faint, small, elongated, small bright core.  Member of the Pegasus I cluster with NGC 7615 11' S.

 

13.1" (11/5/83): faint, very small, almost round, small bright nucleus, compact.  Located 15' NW of NGC 7623.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7612 = m 571 on 26 May 1863 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen. It was first reported as #205 in his AN 1500 discovery list from 1864.  Albert Marth independently discovered it on 2 Sep 1864, listed it as new (m 571) and noted "pB, vS, pretty suddenly brighter in the middle."  Édouard Stephan made observations on 2 Oct 1869 and 19 Sep 1873.

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NGC 7613

23 19 54 +00 12; Psc

 

= Not found, Corwin.  Incorrect identification in the RNGC.

 

Gaspare Ferrari discovered NGC 7613 = Nova #3, along with NGC 7614, on 18 Dec 1865 while searching for Biela's Comet.  He was using the 9.5-inch Merz equatorial at the College Romain as an assistant to Father Angelo Secchi (see AN 1571). Like several other nebulae he claimed that he found, there is nothing near his position and Harold Corwin lists the number as lost.  The RNGC misidentifies PGC 71095 as NGC 7613.  This (single) galaxy is located 12' N of Ferrari's position and too faint to have been picked up.

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NGC 7614

23 20 00 +00 13; Psc

 

= Not found, Corwin.  =4*, Steinicke.

 

Gaspare Ferrari discovered NGC 7614 = Nova #4, along with NGC 7613, on 18 Dec 1865 while unsuccessfully searching for Biela's Comet.  Both objects were given a single position, but there is no pair of galaxies in the area.  Most his claimed discoveries in the fruitless search for the comet are missing (probably single or double stars). Karl Reinmuth was unable to identify a candidate of a Heidelberg plate and Corwin lists the number as lost.  Wolfgang Steinicke identifies NGC 7614 as a group of 3 faint stars at 23 19 52.6 +00 10 56, very close to Ferrari's position.

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NGC 7615 = MCG +01-59-051 = CGCG 406-070 = PGC 71097

23 19 54.4 +08 23 58; Peg

V = 14.3;  Size 0.9'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 152°

 

17.5" (10/12/85): appears slightly brighter than NGC 7608, elongated ~NW-SE. A faint star is off the east edge.

 

17.5" (9/14/85): very faint, diffuse, slightly elongated.  A mag 14 star is off the east edge 1.0' from the center.  This member of the Pegasus I cluster is located 6' WNW of NGC 7621 and 7.5' W of NGC 7623.

 

13.1" (11/5/83 and 9/22/84): extremely faint, at visual threshold, possibly slightly elongated.  A mag 14 star is off the edge.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7615 = h2229 on 16 Aug 1830 and noted "pF; R; pretty suddenly brighter in the middle."  His position is fairly accurate although this galaxy was missed by d'Arrest (failed attempts in 1862 and 1865), Wilhelm Tempel and Herman Schultz (searched for in vain in 1865).

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NGC 7616 = NGC 7610?? = UGC 12511 = MCG +02-59-025 = CGCG 431-042 = LGG 473-010 = PGC 71073

23 19 41.7 +10 11 06; Peg

 

See observing notes for NGC 7610.  (R)NGC 7616 not found 8/27/92, Grandview.

 

Andrew Ainslie Common discovered NGC 7616 in August of 1880 and noted "pF, diffused."  There is nothing at his position, 28 seconds of RA east and 1' south of his position for NGC 7610 (probably UGC 12511).  Kobold tentatively identified this galaxy as NGC 7610 and measured an accurate position in 1897.  The most likely scenario (suggested by Harold Corwin) is that Common recorded this galaxy twice at different positions.  See Harold Corwin's notes.

 

RNGC misidentifies PGC 71073 as NGC 7616.  This extremely faint galaxy is located 12 seconds west and 1' south (4' southwest) of NGC 7610.  I missed PGC 71073 in my 17.5" on 27 Aug 1992 from an excellent high elevation site (Grandview in the White Mountains).

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NGC 7617 = MCG +01-59-051A = CGCG 406-072 = WBL 710-001 = PGC 71113

23 20 09.0 +08 09 57; Psc

V = 13.8;  Size 0.9'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 42°

 

17.5" (9/14/85): faint, small, slightly elongated oval, brighter core.  Forms a pair with much brighter NGC 7619 2.8' NNE in the Pegasus I cluster.

 

13.1": (9/22/84): faint, very small, round.  Easy with averted.

 

13.1" (11/5/83): very faint, very small, round.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7617 = m 572 on 23 Sep 1864 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.  He noted it preceded NGC 7619 by 6.5 seconds of time and 2' to 2 1/2' south. Albert Marth independently discovered NGC 7617 just two months later on 25 Nov 1864 while observing the cluster.  Both are credited in the NGC (d'Arrest is listed first).

 

But Bindon Stoney probably made the original discovery on 30 Aug 1851 at Birr Castle, noting "I suspect 2 small nebula p[receding] h2330 [NGC 7619], though perhaps they are stars."  A sketch in the 1880 publication shows NGC 7617 at the correct orientation with a separation of 4'.  Because of his uncertainty, Stoney didn't receive credit in the NGC.

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NGC 7618 = UGC 12516 = MCG +07-47-013 = CGCG 532-014 = PGC 71090

23 19 47.2 +42 51 09; And

V = 13.0;  Size 1.2'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 5°

 

17.5" (9/26/92): faint, small, elongated 3:2 N-S, 0.9'x0.6', weak even concentration to a brighter core.  Situated midway between a mag 7.5 SAO 52915 6.8' N and a wide double star mag 9/11 at 26" located 8' S.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7618 = St. 10-40 on 14 Sep 1876.  His reduced position (list 10, #40) was made 8 Oct 1879 and published in 1880.

 

Wolfgang Steinicke mentions in his book on William Herschel that he made the original discovery of NGC 7618 on 6 Oct 1784 (sweep 283).  He described it as "a much extended, resolvable patch; or bottom [lowest tube position] more affected than the rest, 6 or 7' long."  But it was observed during a few sweeps that were off the meridian in the east, and accurate positions could not be fixed.  As a result it wasn't assigned a catalogue designation.  I'm surprised, though, he would estimate a length of 6 or 7' and I found it no more than 1' visually.

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NGC 7619 = UGC 12523 = MCG +01-59-052 = CGCG 406-073 = LGG 473-011 = WBL 710-002 = PGC 71121

23 20 14.5 +08 12 22; Peg

V = 11.1;  Size 2.5'x2.3';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 30°

 

17.5" (9/14/85): bright, elongated, bright core, stellar nucleus.  This galaxy is the brightest and largest member of the Pegasus I cluster along with NGC 7626 6.9' E.  Forms a close pair with NGC 7617 2.8' SSW.  NGC 7626 lies 11.0' E and difficult UGC 12518 lies 9.4' NW.

 

13.1" (11/5/83 and 9/22/84): bright, small prominent core, largest in cluster.

 

8" (9/25/81 and 7/24/82): faint, small, small bright nucleus.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7619 = H. II-439 = h2230 on 26 Sep 1785 (sweep 442). He recorded "pretty bright, pretty small, much brighter middle."  His next three discoveries were also in the Pegasus I cluster: NGC 7626, 7623 and 7634.  John Herschel made two observations.  On 22 Aug 1827 (sweep 89): "pB; R; bM; 30" across." and on 15 Aug 1830 (sweep 280): "B; pL; R; pretty suddenly brighter in the middle."

 

NGC 7619 is the most distant known galaxy mentioned by Hubble in his 1929 paper "A relation between distance and radial velocity among extra-galactic nebulae", although its recessional velocity of +3779 km/sec wasn't used in his graph of the velocity-distance relationship.  Hubble mentioned a preliminary distance of 25 million l.y.

 

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NGC 7620 = UGC 12520 = CGCG 476-008 = Mrk 321 = PGC 71106

23 20 05.7 +24 13 16; Peg

V = 13.1;  Size 1.1'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.2

 

17.5" (9/23/89): faint, fairly small, almost round, brighter center surrounded by a small halo.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7620 = m 573 = T. 1-50 on 5 Sep 1864 and noted "F, S, vlE."  His position is accurate.  Wilhelm Tempel independently discovered this galaxy in 1876 and reported it as new in his first discovery paper.  Engelhardt also measured an accurate micrometric position.

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NGC 7621 = MCG +01-59-055 = CGCG 406-074 = PGC 71129

23 20 24.6 +08 21 59; Peg

V = 14.7;  Size 0.7'x0.2';  Surf Br = 12.4;  PA = 177°

 

17.5" (9/14/85): very faint, small, elongated N-S.  Requires averted vision.  Located 2.2' SW of NGC 7623 and 2.0' NE of a mag 12 star in the core of the Pegasus I cluster.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7621 = m 574 on 25 Nov 1864 and noted "eF, vS, stellar."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7622 = ESO 148-008 = AM 2318-622 = PGC 71187

23 21 38.5 -62 07 04; Tuc

V = 13.4;  Size 1.2'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.4;  PA = 60°

 

25" (10/15/17 - OzSky): at 397x; fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:1 WSW-ENE, ~30"x10"; contains a small slightly brighter nucleus.  Several brighter stars nearby including a mag 11.4 star 1.4' NE, a mag 11.3 star 2.9' NW, and a mag 11.9 star 3.8' NE.  Located 34' ESE of mag 5.7 HD 219482.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7622 = h3983 on 1 Nov 1834 and recorded "eF; eS; rather a doubtful object; situated among 5 small stars."  His position is fairly accurate and the stars are just north with one to the west.

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NGC 7623 = UGC 12526 = MCG +01-59-056 = CGCG 406-075 = LGG 473-012 = PGC 71132

23 20 30.0 +08 23 45; Peg

V = 12.8;  Size 1.2'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 175°

 

17.5" (10/12/85): bright core, stellar nucleus, very faint extensions ~N-S.

 

17.5" (9/14/85): fairly bright, small, elongated, small bright core.  Forms a close pair with NGC 7621 2.2' SW in the Pegasus I cluster.

 

13.1" (11/5/83): fairly faint, small, round, very small bright core.

 

8" (7/24/82): very faint, small.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7623 = H. III-435 = h2231 on 26 Sep 1785 (sweep 442), noting "vF and eS."  Just 13 seconds afterwards he discovered NGC 7626.  John Herschel made a single observation on 16 Aug 1830 (sweep 281): "pF; R; pretty suddenly brighter in the middle."   Albert Marth discovered nearby NGC 7621.

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NGC 7624 = UGC 12527 = MCG +04-55-004 = CGCG 476-012 = Mrk 323 = PGC 71126

23 20 22.6 +27 18 56; Peg

V = 13.1;  Size 1.0'x0.7';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 30°

 

24" (12/1/13): at 375x appeared fairly faint or moderately bright, fairly small, oval 4:3 SSW-NNE, weak concentration.  Appears mottled and patchy, agreeing with my notes two months back!  A mag 16 star is just visible at the south edge and a mag 12.5 star is 1.5' WNW.  PGC 169937 lies 4.8' SW with PGC 169936 7.8' SW (the latter galaxy is 0.9' NNW of a very nice 7" pair of mag 11 stars).

 

24" (10/4/13): moderately bright, fairly small, oval 3:2 SW-NE, broad concentration with a small slightly brighter core.  Seemed slightly clumpy or irregular in surface brightness at 375x.  A mag 12.5 star lies 1.5' WNW, and an equilateral triangle of mag 13 stars is 3.5' W.  PGC 169937 lies 4.8' SW and PGC 169936 is 7.8' SW.  The first galaxy appeared very faint, small, round, low surface brightness, 20", diameter and the second faint to fairly faint, small, slightly elongated ~N-S, 0.4'x0.3'.

 

17.5" (10/13/01): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 ~SSW-NNE, weak concentration.  Follows a group of four mag 12/13 stars.

 

17.5" (8/26/00): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, weak concentration.  A few times I had an impression of a slightly brighter arc along the west edge.

 

17.5" (9/23/89): fairly faint, fairly small, oval SSW-NNE, smooth surface brightness.  A group of four stars mag 12-13 precede; the closest is a mag 12 star 1.5' W.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7624 = St. 9-36 = Sw. 4-94 on 4 Sep 1872.  His rough position was 5' too far W.  His published discovery position (list 9, #36) was based on offsets taken later on 2 Oct 1878 and 7 Oct 1879.  Lewis Swift found this galaxy on 8 Aug 1886 and reported it as new in his 4th discovery list (#94) with description, "pF; pS; cE; 3 stars in a line near preceding."  His position was unusually accurate and perhaps modified to match Stephan's).

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NGC 7625 = Arp 212 = VV 280 = UGC 12529 = MCG +03-59-038 = CGCG 454-043 = III Zw 102 = PGC 71133

23 20 30.1 +17 13 32; Peg

V = 12.1;  Size 1.6'x1.4';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 60°

 

48" (10/28/19): viewed at 375x through thin clouds; very bright, fairly large, round, ~1.25' diameter, strong concentration with a very bright, slightly elongated or oval core. A low contrast dust lane wraps along the eastern edge of the core around to the south.  The dust lane continues slicing through the galaxy towards the west, cutting off a southern piece of the galaxy, which mimicks the appearance of a broad spiral arm.  A slightly brighter knot or patch is at the east end of this section, about 20" S of center.  The outer halo was slightly fainter on the southeast side.  Note: On the SDSS, there are two distinct, intersecting dust lanes, east and southwest of the core.

 

24" (8/30/16): at 375x; bright, moderately large, roundish, well concentrated with a large bright core that is irregular and mottled and a small nucleus.  The halo is much fainter and extends at least 1.0' diameter.  With careful viewing I had the impression there was two close nuclei or perhaps a knot was close to the nucleus.  The DSS and SDSS shows at least two intersecting dust lanes, though this feature was not confidently seen.

 

24" (9/10/15): at 260x; fairly bright, fairly small, round, ~40" diameter, small bright core that increases to a quasi-stellar nucleus.  The absorption lane on the southwest side was not seen in poor transparency.

 

13.1" (9/9/83): at 166x, fairly bright, small, round, bright core.  The dust lane on the southwest side was not seen.  Located 6.8' WSW of mag 6.6 SAO 108560.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7625 = H. II-250 = h2232 on 15 Oct 1784 (sweep 290) and recorded "F, lE, followed by a very bright star."  He made another observation on 29 Nov 1785 (sweep 480) and noted "cB, S, R, mbM."  On 7 Oct 1825 (sweep 11), John Herschel logged "B; R; suddenly brighter middle; 60"."  A total of 8 observations were made at Birr Castle, mostly commenting on the irregular surface brightness.  On 27 Sep 1857, Mitchell logged "south edge certainly brighter than the other, and a * or nucleus near that side, perhaps vF neby outside the s edge [the piece is cut off by dust]."

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NGC 7626 = UGC 12531 = MCG +01-59-057 = CGCG 406-076 = LGG 473-007 = WBL 710-003 = PGC 71140

23 20 42.3 +08 13 02; Peg

V = 11.1;  Size 2.6'x2.3';  Surf Br = 13.1

 

17.5" (9/14/85): bright, slightly elongated 4:3, brighter core (although less intense than NGC 7619), substellar nucleus.  A mag 14.3 star is less than1' W. NGC 7626 is the second brightest in the Pegasus I cluster and appears similar to NGC 7619 6.9' W.

 

13.1" 11/5/83 and (9/22/84): bright, small prominent core, fainter halo, similar to NGC 7619.

 

8" (9/25/81): faint, small, bright core.  A mag 6.5 star is at the south edge of the 40' field.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7626 = H. II-440 = h2233 on 26 Sep 1785 (sweep 442).  He recorded "pB, pS, bM."  The same sweep included discoveries on NGC 7619, 7623 and 7634 in the Peg I cluster.  John Herschel made two observations.  On 22 Aug 1827 (sweep 89): "pB; R; bM; 30" dia." and 15 Aug 1830 (sweep 280): "B; R; pL; pretty suddenly brighter in the middle."

 

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NGC 7627 = NGC 7641? = UGC 12556 = MCG +02-59-029 = CGCG 431-047 = PGC 71241

23 22 30.7 +11 53 31; Peg

V = 13.9;  Size 1.7'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.6

 

See observing notes for NGC 7641.  The identification of this galaxy with NGC 7641 is uncertain.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7627 = Sw. 6-95 on 18 Nov 1886 and recorded "vF; S; vE; coarse double star near north; the double star is between 2 stars."  There is nothing near his position.  Herbert Howe mentions in his 1899-00 observations that "I failed to find this on two nights.  In reply to a letter of inquiry, Swift says that this is identical with 7641, one of Stephan's nebulae which I have measured.  With this opinion I agree, having seen near 7641 the "2 star n" mentioned by Swift."  Dreyer repeats this conclusion in the IC 2 appendix.  If NGC 7627 is identical to NGC 7641, then Swift's position is off by 1.6 tmin in RA (too far west) and 10' too far north.  His comment "vE" applies to this galaxy though the "coarse D * nr n; the D * is bet 2 stars" is not a good match. So this identification is uncertain.  RNGC classifies the number as nonexistent.  See Corwin's notes for more.

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NGC 7628 = UGC 12534 = MCG +04-55-005 = CGCG 476-014 = PGC 71153

23 20 54.9 +25 53 55; Peg

V = 12.7;  Size 1.1'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 117°

 

17.5" (9/23/89): fairly faint, small, round, bright core, stellar nucleus.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7628 = St. 9-37 = Sw. 4-95 on 27 Sep 1869.  On 4 Oct 1878 he measured an accurate micrometric position with description "very faint, small, round, brighter core." Lewis Swift made an independent discovery on 9 Nov 1884.  He included it in his 4th discovery list (#95) with description "eF; pS; R."  Dreyer credited by Stephan (first) and Swift (second) in the NGC.

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NGC 7629 = MCG +00-59-031 = CGCG 380-040 = PGC 71175

23 21 19.3 +01 24 11; Psc

V = 13.9;  Size 1.0'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 170°

 

17.5" (8/1/87): faint, very small, round.  A mag 14 star is 1.2' NE of center.  Similar to NGC 7642 22' ENE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7629 = m 575, along with NGC 7642, on 19 Oct 1864 and noted vF, vS, stellar."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7630 = UGC 12540 = MCG +02-59-027 = CGCG 431-044 = PGC 71176

23 21 16.3 +11 23 50; Peg

V = 14.2;  Size 1.1'x0.4';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 162°

 

17.5" (10/28/89): very faint, very small, elongated ~N-S, low surface brightness.  Located 2' E of an unequal double star mag 11/13 at 20" separation.  IC 1483, IC 1484 and IC 1485 lies ~20' ESE (Common's NGC 7638 and 7639 may be identical to IC 1483 and 1485).

 

Andrew Ainslie Common discovered NGC 7630 before 8 Aug 1880 while viewing Faye's comet "as seen some 15' following...There are 2 similar nebulae within 30' south-following [NGC 7638 and 7639]."  Common gives a very rough position in his Copernicus list (nearest min of RA).  But just 2' south is UGC 12540.

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NGC 7631 = UGC 12539 = MCG +01-59-060 = CGCG 406-083 = LGG 473-013 = WBL 710-006 = PGC 71181

23 21 26.7 +08 13 03; Peg

V = 13.1;  Size 1.8'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 79°

 

17.5" (9/14/85): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated E-W, gradually brightens but no nucleus, fainter extensions.  Located 11.0' E of NGC 7626 in the Pegasus I cluster.

 

13.1" (11/13/82 and 11/5/83): faint, weak concentration, elongated ~E-W.

 

George Johnstone Stoney or Bindon Stoney, LdR's assistants, discovered NGC 7631 on 30 Aug 1851. He noted "12' following h's second nebula [NGC 7626] is another E preceding and following, F, light unequal."  Heinrich d'Arrest independently discovered this galaxy on 21 Sep 1862 and made a total of 6 observations (noting the equivalence of the two GC entries from LdR and himself).

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NGC 7632 = IC 5313 = ESO 291-021 = MCG -07-47-035 = AM 2319-424 = LGG 472-007 = PGC 71213

23 22 00.9 -42 28 50; Gru

V = 12.1;  Size 2.2'x1.1';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 92°

 

18" (10/16/09): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated E-W, 0.5'x0.4' (core region probably viewed), contains a very small bright inner core, occasional stellar nucleus.  Located 4' NE of a mag 10 star.  Located 40' SE of the Grus Quartet (NGC 7582/NGC 7590/NGC 7599) and a member of the same group.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7632 = h3985 on 5 Sep 1834 and recorded "pB; S; R; pretty suddenly brighter middle; 20" [diameter]." On a later sweep he called it "vF; R; gradually little brighter middle; 20"." His mean position (two observations) matches ESO 291-021. Lewis Swift found the galaxy again on 8 Aug 1897 at the age of 77 and reported Sw. 11-228 (later IC 5313) as "eeeF; pL; R; 10m * near sp."  His position was 14 seconds of time too small and the dec 1.7' too far south but the comment "10m * nr south-preceding" clinches this identification.  In his third discovery list from Lowe Observatory (in Popular Astronomy), he added "11m * f[ollows the 10m star].  So IC 5313 = NGC 7632.

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NGC 7633 = ESO 077-015 = PGC 71274

23 23 03.5 -67 39 09; Ind

V = 12.4;  Size 2.1'x1.2';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 142°

 

30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x; bright, fairly large, oval 4:3 WSW-ENE, 1.2'x0.9', sharply concentrated with a very bright roundish core. Subtle extensions (forming the bar) extend from the core.  A mag 13 star is 1.7' N and a mag 15 star is 1.3' SSW.  Located 29' SE of mag 6.1 HD 219644.  Brightest in a physical group with a quartet of IC galaxies (IC 5323, 5324, 5320 and 5322) ~30' ESE and NGC 7655 30' SE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7633 = h3986 on 2 Nov 1834 and recorded "pF; vS; pmE in parallel; pretty suddenly brighter in the middle."  E-W bar in larger ring oriented NW-SE.

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NGC 7634 = UGC 12542 = MCG +01-59-062 = CGCG 406-085 = LGG 473-009 = PGC 71192

23 21 41.7 +08 53 13; Peg

V = 12.6;  Size 1.2'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.5;  PA = 95°

 

17.5" (9/14/85): moderately bright, very small, small bright core, round.  A mag 14 star is close south 20" SSE of center.  Located 40' N of NGC 7619/NGC 7626 in the Pegasus I cluster.

 

13.1" (11/13/82 and 11/5/83): fairly faint, small, slightly brighter core.  A star is off the south edge.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7634 = H. II-441 = h2234 on 26 Sep 1785 (sweep 442) and noted "F, S".  The same sweep he discovered NGC 7619, 7623 and 7626 in this galaxy cluster.

 

John Herschel made the single observation on 16 Aug 1830 (sweep 281): "a double star [HJ 3185] with some singular nebulous appendage.  The stars are 14m."  One star is certainly on the south edge and the other is probably the nucleus.  At Birr Castle, Samuel Hunter was uncertain if the star at the south edge was nebulous, but on his third observation in 1862 noted "I think there is no neby round the * adjoining it."

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NGC 7635 = Hb 11 = LBN 548 = LBN 549 = Sh 2-162 = Ced 210 = Bubble Nebula

23 20 45 +61 11 42; Cas

V = ~10.5;  Size 15'x8'

 

17.5" (8/2/86): the "Bubble Nebula" extends mainly north of the ionizing emission-line star, mag 8.7 BD+60°2522 (O6.5-type supergiant).  Dark lanes are suspected to the north with very faint nebulosity just north of this gap.  The main piece of nebulosity curves away from the involved star towards the east but appears brightest at the western edge near the bright star.  Only the portion of the rim extending from north to east of the 3' diameter "Bubble" was seen (not the south edge).  The view improved with both OIII and UHC filters but not dramatically.  Located 6.5' NE of mag 7 HD 220057. M52 lies 35' NE.

 

13.1" (9/29/84): unusual appearance - surrounds a mag 8 star with a mag 7 star nearby to the SW. The nebulosity mostly appears north of the mag 8 star with a suspected dark lane to the north of this nebulosity. Very faint nebulosity appears close north of this lane. The main section hooks around the involved star to the east.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7635 = H. IV-52 = h2235 on 3 Nov 1787 (sweep 773). He recorded "a bright star with faint nebulosity; but I saw it too late to verify it, as in the north I cannot follow the stars [side motion wasn't possible].  I rather suspect a deception."  On 26 Nov 1788 (sweep 887) he added "a star about 9m with very faint nebulosity of very little extent."  He included these description in his 1791 PT paper "On nebulous stars, properly so called."

 

Hubble announced NGC 7635 as a new planetary in his 1921 paper "Twelve New Planetary Nebulae", though he noted it "may possibly be transition forms between planetaries and diffuse gaseous nebulase."  He again called it a giant planetary nebula in the 1922 paper "A general study of diffuse galactic nebulae."  John Reynolds wrote an article in a 1924 issue of "The Observatory" titled "A remarkable planetary nebula in Cassiopeia", though didn't reference Hubble's earlier listings.  Even in the early 1970's NGC 7635 was considered a possible or probable planetary (see ApJ, 167, 491-498 (1971)), though it was not included in Kohoutek's Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae (CGPN).

 

John Mallas called it a "Bubble" in his Aug/Sep 1963 article "Visual Atlas of Planetary Nebulae-VI", published in the "Review of Popular Astronomy".

 

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NGC 7636 = ESO 470-002 = MCG -05-55-005 = PGC 71245

23 22 33.0 -29 16 51; Scl

V = 13.7;  Size 0.9'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 30°

 

17.5" (10/13/90): very faint, very small, weak concentration, low surface brightness.  NGC 7645 is 17.3' ESE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7636 = h3987 on 28 Sep 1834 and logged "eF; S; R; suddenly brighter middle; rather a doubtful object."  Despite his uncertainty, his position accurately matches this galaxy.

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NGC 7637 = ESO 012-001 = AM 2322-821 = PGC 71440

23 26 30 -81 54 42; Oct

V = 12.5;  Size 2.1'x1.9';  Surf Br = 13.9

 

24" (4/12/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 40" diameter, weak concentration, slightly brighter core.  A mag 13.5 star is just off the north edge of the halo, 0.7' from the center.  PGC 224614, a very faint galaxy, lies 2.3' NW.  NGC 7637 is the 4th closest NGC galaxy to the south celestial pole.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7637 = h3984 on 17 Oct 1835 and recorded "vF; pL; R; very little brighter middle; 90"; 2 or 3 stars near it."

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NGC 7638 = IC 1483 = MCG +02-59-030 = CGCG 431-046 = PGC 71246

23 22 33.1 +11 19 44; Peg

V = 14.4;  Size 0.6'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.1

 

17.5" (9/7/96): very faint, small, round, 30" diameter, low even surface brightness.  Located 8' N of mag 8.3 SAO 108572.  A wide pair of mag 11/13 stars is 1.5' S.  First in faint group with IC 1484 and IC 1485 = NGC 7639 (uncertain ID).  IC 1484 is extremely faint and small, round.

 

Andrew Ainslie Common discovered NGC 7638, along with NGC 7639 and 7630, on or before 8 Aug 1880 while viewing comet Faye.  Common only mentions "there are 2 similar nebulae [to NGC 7630] within 30' sf" but does not provide coordinates for NGC 7638 and 7639.  A group of faint galaxies is ~20' ESE of NGC 7630.  It's likely that common picked up the two brightest, NGC 7638 = CGCG 431-046 and NGC 7639 = CGCG 431-050.

 

Stephane Javelle independently discovered these galaxies on 2 Dec 1893 and measured accurate positions.  So, NGC 7638 = IC 1483 and NGC 7639 = IC 1485.  MCG and CGCG label these galaxies using the IC designation only.  See Harold Corwin's NGC/IC notes.

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NGC 7639 = IC 1485 = MCG +02-59-032 = CGCG 431-050 = PGC 71256

23 22 48.2 +11 22 22; Peg

V = 14.6;  Size 0.6'x0.5';  PA = 123°

 

17.5" (9/7/96): very faint, small, round, 30" diameter.  Similar size as IC 1483 = NGC 7638 but contains a very small brighter core that makes it a little easier to view.  Just preceding a small triangle of mag 12-14.5 stars.  Also collinear with a wide pair 5' SW near IC 1483.  Brightest in a trio with IC 1484 2.1' WNW and IC 1483 4.5' SW.

 

The identification of IC 1483 is certain but NGC 7639 is uncertain.

 

Andrew Ainslie Common discovered NGC 7639, along with NGC 7638, on 8 Aug 1880 while viewing comet Faye.  This is the last entry in his discovery list.  See notes for NGC 7630 and 7638.

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NGC 7640 = UGC 12554 = MCG +07-48-002 = CGCG 532-017 = CGCG 533-001 = KTG 80A = PGC 71220

23 22 06.6 +40 50 44; And

V = 11.3;  Size 10.5'x2.0';  Surf Br = 14.5;  PA = 167°

 

24" (10/4/13): at 200x appeared bright, very large, nearly edge-on 4:1 N-S, ~6.5'x1.5'.  Very asymmetric appearance with a brighter, elongated core, 1.0'x0.5', which is oddly angled to the major axis in PA 160° (NNW-SSE).  A mag 14 star is just off the SE side of the core.  The galaxy dims more noticeably on the south side, but is brighter along the western half (DSS shows this is a long spiral arm).  A mag 11 star is just west of the northern end of the galaxy [3.1' NNW of center] and two mag 15.5 stars at the north tip are collinear with the mag 11 star.  The northern half of the galaxy is also asymmetric with a slightly brighter strip (arm) extending N-S and a very low surface brightness (outer arm) near the mag 11 star.  Additional mag 11 stars bracket the galaxy just west of the S end and 1.8' NE of center.

 

24" (10/17/20): at 375x an extremely compact HII knot, perhaps 8" in diameter, was glimpsed 3.7' SSE of center and just 25" SW of a mag 12.8 star.  The observation required extreme averted vision but was repeated a few times and confirmed, though only for brief moments.

 

17.5" (8/8/91): moderately bright, very large, very elongated 4:1 N-S, 7.0'x1.5'.  The large, slightly brighter middle bulges out a little.  A mag 13.5 star is at the SE edge of the core 33" from the center.  Bracketed by two mag 11 stars at the north end 3.0' NNW of center and just west of the south end 2.6' SSW of center.  An extremely faint mag 15 star is embedded near the north end.

 

8" (11/8/80): faint, large, very elongated streak N-S.  There are stars at both the north and south end.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7640 = H. II-600 = h2236 on 17 Oct 1786 (sweep 613).  He recorded "pretty bright, much extended a little np to sf but nearly in the meridian [N-S], little brighter middle, resolvable, about 5' long and 1.5' broad." A few minutes later he made a repeat observation of the planetary NGC 7662.

 

 John Herschel observed the galaxy on 1 Oct 1828 (sweep 183): "faint; large; much extended from a bright to a faint star; very little brighter in the middle; 2 1/2' l, 20" br.  See fig. 60."

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NGC 7641 = NGC 7627 = UGC 12556 = MCG +02-59-029 = CGCG 431-047 = PGC 71241

23 22 30.7 +11 53 31; Peg

V = 13.9;  Size 1.7'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 144°

 

17.5" (10/28/89): very faint, small, low even surface brightness, elongated 5:2 NW-SE.  Located 8' SW of NGC 7643.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7641 = St. 5-11, probably on 4 Sep 1872.  Only a single position was given on that date that is close to NGC 7643.  His published position in list 5 (#11) was reduced on  24 Sep 1873 with description "eF, S; roundish, but of irregular form; diffused, with a slightly brighter centre."  NGC 7626, found by Swift on 18 Nov 1886, is probably a duplicate observation.  See that number.

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NGC 7642 = UGC 12560 = MCG +00-59-035 = CGCG 380-048 = PGC 71264

23 22 53.4 +01 26 34; Psc

V = 13.7;  Size 0.5'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.1

 

24" (1/1/16): at 375x; faint/fairly faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, weak concentration to center.  CGCG 380-049 lies 2.7' SE.  The companion appeared very faint, very small, slightly elongated, 12"x9".  A mag 15.3 star is 45" W.

 

17.5" (8/1/87): faint, very small, round, weak concentration. Appears about a half a magnitude fainter than the CGCG mag 14.5z.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7642 = m 576, along with NGC 7629, on 19 Oct 1864.  He noted "vF, vS, bM" and measured an accurate position.

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NGC 7643 = NGC 7644? = UGC 12563 = MCG +02-59-033 = CGCG 431-051 = PGC 71261

23 22 50.5 +11 59 20; Peg

V = 13.2;  Size 1.4'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 45°

 

17.5" (10/28/89): faint, fairly small, very elongated SW-NE, weak concentration.  Pair with NGC 7641 8' SW.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7643 = St. 5-12, along with NGC 7641, on 4 Sep 1872.  His approximate logbook position was 3' too far WNW.  His published position (list 5, #12) was reduced on 24 Sep 1873 with description "irr R, of moderate extent; faint and diffused, with a slightly brighter center."  He made a late observation on 24 Sep 1878.  Harold Corwin suggests that NGC 7644 (discovered by Swift) may be a duplicate observation.  See that number.

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NGC 7644 = NGC 7651? = MCG +02-59-036 = CGCG 431-055a = PGC 71344

23 24 26.0 +13 58 20; Peg

V = 13.6;  Size 0.7'x0.5';  PA = 100°

 

See observing notes for NGC 7651.  The identification of this number is uncertain and it may apply NGC 7643.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7644 = Sw. 5-100 on 29 Sep 1886 and recorded "vF, pS, lE."  There is nothing reasonably bright near his position and the description is too generic to be of help.  However, 74 seconds of RA due east is the double system NGC 7651, which Swift discovered earlier in the month on 1 Sep 1886 and placed correctly.  Most likely NGC 7644 is a second observation of NGC 7651.  Harold Corwin also suggests NGC 7643 as a possible candidate.  See his notes for more.

 

The RNGC misidentifies 2MFGC 17581 = PGC 1445975 as NGC 7644.  This is an edge-on galaxy situated  1.7' east-northeast of NGC 7651 and too faint to have been seen by Swift.

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NGC 7645 = ESO 470-003 = MCG -05-55-007 = PGC 71314

23 23 47.3 -29 23 12; Scl

V = 12.9;  Size 1.4'x1.2';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 165°

 

17.5" (10/13/90): very faint, small, slightly elongated NW-SE, weak concentration.  NGC 7636 lies 17.3' WNW.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7645 = h3988 on 27 Sep 1834 and logged "vF; S; R: gradually little brighter middle; 15"."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7646 = IC 5318? = MCG -02-59-015 = PGC 71338

23 24 32.3 -11 59 07; Aqr

 

= **, Yann Pothier and Harold Corwin.  All modern catalogues equate NGC 7646 with IC 5318 at 23 24 06.9 -11 51 38.  My observation of IC 5318 is below.

 

17.5" (8/25/95): very faint, very small, probably elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 30"x20".  The view is severely hindered by mag 11.5 star that is attached at the northwest end!  It was difficult to determine the dimensions and orientation due to glare from star and faintness of galaxy.

 

Frank Muller discovered NGC 7646 = LM 2-474 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory. He reported "mag 14.5; 0.2'x0.1', E 260°, neb?; *9 in PA 10° at 3.6' separation."  There is nothing near his rough position, though 8' north is IC 5318 = PGC 71338.  All modern catalogues identify this galaxy as NGC 7646, although NED comments the identification is uncertain.

 

Harold Corwin notes several inconsistencies with Muller's description; the elongation is NW-SE (not ~E-W) and the star at 3.6' separation is 10° west of north, not east.  A more serious omission, though, is that Muller makes no mention of the bright, superimposed star on the west side.  So, this identification is very unlikely.

 

In 2016, Yann Pothier suggested NGC 7646 is the double star at 23 24 32.3 -11 59 07.  Harold Corwin agrees this is a good candidate as the position angle of the pair matches Muller's estimate and a star is at the required separation and position angle matching Muller's description.

 

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NGC 7647 = UGC 12576 = MCG +03-59-055 = CGCG 454-063 = PGC 71335

23 23 57.4 +16 46 38; Peg

V = 13.6;  Size 1.4'x1.0';  Surf Br = 14.0;  PA = 170°

 

24" (9/2/16): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 30"x25", gradually increases to the center.  With averted vision a very low surface brightness outer halo was detectable.

 

NGC 7647 is the brightest galaxy (cD) in AGC 2589, a richness class 0 cluster at a distance of ~560 million l.y.  Surrounding NGC 7647 is a large number of very faint galaxies with PGC 71331 (2.1' N), PGC 71337 (2.2' NE), PGC 71326 (1.7' S) and PGC 71317 (2.3' WSW), forming a small rectangle around the bright elliptical.  Additionally, I picked up PGC 71320 6.2' NNW, PGC 71324 8.4' N and CGCG 454-062 8.1' SSW.  These 7 additional members were very faint or extremely faint and generally 0.2' in size.

 

17.5" (9/26/92): extremely faint, very small, slightly elongated N-S.  A mag 13 star is 1.5' ENE.  Appears unusually faint for mag 15.2z due to low surface brightness.

Note: There is no mag 13.5 star to the ENE, so my observation may refer to another galaxy.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7647 = H. III-473 on 29 Nov 1785 (sweep 480) and recorded "eF, cL, some doubt left.  It precedes an irregular row of scattered stars.  His RA is 10 seconds too small, but the description matches.

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NGC 7648 = IC 1486 = UGC 12575 = MCG +01-59-072 = CGCG 406-096 = Mrk 531 = LGG 473-015 = PGC 71321

23 23 54.0 +09 40 03; Peg

V = 13.0;  Size 1.6'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 85°

 

13.1" (11/2/86): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated, gradually increases to a small bright core.  A mag 15 star is 30" E of center.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7648 = H. III-218 = St. 9-38 on 18 Oct 1784 (sweep 297) and noted "eF, pS, lE."  There is nothing at his position, but 15' south is UGC 12575.  Stephen observed this galaxy on 4 Sep 1872, perhaps looking for Herschel's object.  He later reported it as new (list 9, #48) based on a position taken on 3 Oct 1878, but added a footnote it was identical to NGC 7648.  Finally, Bigourdan found it again on 1 Oct 1885 and reported it as #241 in Comptes Rendus for 20 Apr 1891.  Dreyer recatalogued it as IC 1486, missing the equivalence with NGC 7648.

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NGC 7649 = IC 1487 = UGC 12579 = MCG +02-59-035 = CGCG 431-054 = PGC 71343

23 24 20.1 +14 38 49; Peg

V = 13.8;  Size 1.3'x0.9';  Surf Br = 14.1;  PA = 80°

 

18" (8/26/06): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 0.7'x0.6', very weak concentration.  Forms a close pair with LEDA 2832048 0.9' NE . This companion appeared extremely faint and small, round, 6" diameter, requires averted vision.  A total of 8 galaxies (most 10"-15" knots) were seen in AGC 2593 at 323x.

 

LEDA 95722, 2.6' SW of NGC 7649, is extremely faint, appears elongated SW-NE, 15"x10".  LEDA 1465051, 3.7' NNE of NGC 7649, is extremely faint, round, 10" diameter.  PGC 71356, 2.9' ESE of NGC 7649, is similar as well as MCG +02-59-037, 4.2' E.  LEDA 95729, 4.4' NE, is extremely faint, appears stellar at times, otherwise ~6" in diameter. CGCG 431-056, 5.2' ESE, is a bit larger and brighter than the previous galaxies and nearly spans between a pair of 14th-magnitude stars 20" SSW and 30" E.  

 

17.5" (8/22/98): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 ~E-W, 0.9'x0.6'.  Located less than 3' SW of a mag 11 star. This galaxy was the brightest of four members viewed in AGC 2593 in Jim Shields' scope at 220x.

 

17.5" (7/19/90): faint, fairly small, almost round, weak concentration.  A mag 11 star is 2.8' ENE of center.  Brightest of five in the core of AGC 2593.  Surrounded by three anonymous galaxies 1.0' NE, 2.6' SW and 3.6' NNE and MCG +02-59-037 lies 5' ESE.  Located 9' N of mag 7.9 SAO 108595.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7649 = Sw. 6-96 on 25 Sep 1886 and recorded "vF; pL; R."  His position is barely off the west side of UGC 12579, the brightest member of AGC 2593.

 

Harold Corwin reports that Swift may have "discovered" this galaxy again on 15 Oct 1887 and reported Sw. 9-99 (later IC 1487) as "eeeF; pS; iR; 8m * f; faint star near nf; not [NGC 7653]."  His position is 15 seconds of RA east of NGC 7649 and happens to fall close to a much fainter galaxy in the cluster.  Just 1' further southeast is CGCG 431-056, which Howe assumed was IC 1487.  But NGC 7649 is a better match with Swift's comments of the two stars.  There are many cases where Swift listed the same galaxy twice in different or even the same list.  So IC 1487 is probably identical to NGC 7649.

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NGC 7650 = ESO 148-010 = AM 2322-580 NED01 = KTS 73A = PGC 71394

23 25 21.2 -57 47 21; Tuc

V = 12.7;  Size 1.4'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.0

 

30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x; fairly bright, fairly large, slightly elongated, 1.0'x0.9', appeared brighter along a central bar oriented E-W. A spiral arm was just visible on the north side with a bright HII knot at its northern tip.

 

NGC 7650 is the brightest in a trio (KTS 73) with NGC 7652 6.2' SSE and NGC 7657 11.5' ESE.  I also picked up PGC 384902 4.2' SSW. It appeared very faint (B = 16.7), very small, 10" with possible extensions SW-NE increasing the size to 20"x10", low surface brightness. This background galaxy has a light-travel time of ~960 million years.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7650 = h3989 on 28 Oct 1834, along with NGC 7652, and recorded "pB; R; gradually little brighter middle; 40"; the preceding of 2 [with NGC 7652]."  His position (measured on 2 sweeps) is accurate.

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NGC 7651 = NGC 7644? = MCG +02-59-036 = CGCG 431-055a = PGC 71344

23 24 26.0 +13 58 20; Peg

V = 13.6;  Size 0.7'x0.5';  PA = 100°

 

24" (1/1/16): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 0.5'x0.4', very small bright core, stellar nucleus.  Forms a double system with LEDA 3085862 at or just off the south edge, just 20" between centers.  The companion appeared very faint, extremely small, round, ~6" diameter.

 

Several additional galaxies are nearby (part of the southern extension of AGC 2593).  PGC 71344, just 2.3' W, appeared very faint (V = 15.3), small, round, 15" diameter.  LEDA 1445975, just 1.7' NE, also appeared very faint (V = 15.2), small, elongated WNW-ESE, 15"x10".  IC 5319 lies 5.7' ENE and was noted as faint or fairly faint (V = 14.8), small, round, 18" diameter. 

 

17.5" (7/17/93): faint, fairly small, round, 1.0' diameter, very small brighter core, diffuse halo gradually fades into background.  The companion at the south edge was missed.

 

17.5" (8/27/92): fairly faint, small, round, halo gradually increases to a small bright core.  Forms a double system with a companion attached at the south-southwest end.  LEDA 3085862 is an extremely faint small knot, round, just nonstellar.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7651 = Sw. 4-96 on 1 Sep 1886 and recorded "eF; S; R; in vacancy."  His position is accurate.  This is a double system (not resolved by Swift) with an extremely small companion at the south edge.  NGC 7644 may be a duplicate observation by Swift.  See that number.

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NGC 7652 = ESO 148-011 = KTS 73B = PGC 71402 = PGC 71403

23 25 37.4 -57 53 15; Tuc

V = 13.6;  Size 1.2'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 85°

 

30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x; moderately bright, fairly small, round, 30" diameter, gradually increases to the center.  A mag 11.5 star is 2' WNW.  Southernmost member of the KTS 73 triplet with NGC 7650 6.2' NNW and NGC 7657 10.5' NE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7652 = h3990, along with NGC 7650, on 28 Oct 1834 and recorded "eF; S; R: the following and fainter of 2 [with NGC 7650]." His position is accurate.

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NGC 7653 = UGC 12586 = MCG +02-59-038 = CGCG 431-058 = PGC 71370

23 24 49.3 +15 16 32; Peg

V = 12.7;  Size 1.6'x1.4';  Surf Br = 13.5

 

24" (9/29/16): at 375x; moderately to fairly bright, moderately large, slightly elongated ~N-S, 1.0'x0.8', bright core, very small well-defined nucleus.

 

Brightest in a group of galaxies with LEDA 214955 3.2' NNE.  This dim galaxy was extremely faint and small, ~6"-8" diameter, only visible occasionally.  LEDA 165923, 6.3' ESE, was very faint to faint, small, slightly elongated NNW-SSE, ~15"x11".  UGC 12590, 7' SE, appeared fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 7:2 NNW-SSE, contains a sharp stellar nucleus and faint thin extensions.  IC 1488, 12.8' ENE, was faint to fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 or 7:2 ~N-S, ~30"x9", contains a very small or stellar nucleus.  Only UGC 12590 has the same redshift as NGC 7653.  The other mentioned galaxies lie 3 times the distance (~570 million l.y.) and are probably outlying members of Abell Galaxy Cluster 2593, which lies ~35'-40' S.

 

24" (1/1/16): at 375x; fairly faint or moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated N-S, 0.6'x0.5', small bright core.  LEDA 214955 is a challenging target 3.2' NNE.  It appeared extremely faint (V = 15.6) and small, round, 6" diameter, only visible intermittently.

 

17.5" (7/28/92): fairly faint, fairly small, round, broad concentration to a small bright core.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7653 = h2237 on 2 Nov 1823 (sweep 1) and recorded "eF; R; gradually brighter in the middle; 30"; appears as M71 does in the 7-feet reflector with the double eye-piece."  This galaxy was Herschel's second deep sky discovery and only the third one discovered after 30 Sep 1802, when his father had ended his sweeps.  According to Wolfgang Steinicke it was found with The following spring he embarked on a 6 month tour of Europe and his next discovery wasn't made until 11 Apr 1825 (sweep 3).

 

Both Harold Corwin and Malcolm Thomson report that IC 1488 has an erroneous position (misidentified offset star) is not identical to NGC 7653 as claimed in the PGC, UGC, etc.  The correct identification is IC 1488 = LEDA 2800840, located 12.8' northeast of NGC 7653.  See Harold Corwin's identification notes.

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NGC 7654 = M52

23 24 43 +61 35 36; Cas

V = 6.9;  Size 13'

 

13.1" (9/29/84): 150-175 stars in a 15' diameter, a mag 8 star (SAO 20606) is on the WSW edge of the cluster.  NGC 7635, the "Bubble Nebula", lies 35' SW.

 

17.5" (8/2/86): fills 21' field, fully resolved at 105x.

 

8" (10/4/80): beautiful cluster with a full field of stars, including numerous bright and fant stars.

 

15x50mm binoculars (9/6/10): prominent roundish glow ~10-15' diameter located 40' S of 5th magnitude 4 Cas and on a line with Alpha (Schedir) and Beta (Caph) Cas.  A few mag 8-9 stars are resolved.

 

Charles Messier discovered M52 = NGC 7654 = h2238 on 7 Sept 1774.

 

William Herschel made an early observation during his third star review on 29 Aug 1782 with his 6.2-inch reflector (7-ft f.l.) and noted "a group of small stars appearing nebulous with small power."  He observed it again a year later and wrote: "All resolved into innumerable small [faint] stars without any suspicion of nebulosity."  On sweep 773 with his 18.7" (3 Nov 1787), he reported "A very beautiful cl of very compressed stars about 12' dia., nearly R and most compressed in the middle."  The observation was made immediately after discovering NGC 7635 (Bubble Nebula).  John Herschel made the single observation on sweep 218: "A ruddy star 9m in the preceding part of a pretty rich irreg cl of stars 13m, all separate, 6' diam; a v little more comp in the s f part."

 

Admiral Smyth described M52 as resembling "a bird with outspread wings" and added "the field is one of singular beauty under a moderate magnification."

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NGC 7655 = ESO 077-018 = PGC 71452

23 26 45.9 -68 01 39; Ind

V = 13.2;  Size 0.7'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.1

 

30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x; fairly bright, very small, round, 18" diameter.  Contains a very high surface brightness core surrounded by only a small halo!  Situated 2.3' ENE of mag 9.1 HD 220649.  A quartet of IC galaxies (IC 5320, 5321, 5323, 5324) lies 15' NE.  NGC 7633 is 30' NW.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7655 = h3991 on 24 Jul 1835 and recorded "eF and feeble, if a nebula; pretty suddenly little brighter middle; vS; R; 10".  It follows a large star." His position and description matches ESO 077-018.  Based on a photograph taken at Harvard's Arequipa Station in Peru around 1900, DeLisle Stewart described this object as a "group of stars, not a nebula" (repeated in the IC 2 Notes).  As a result, The RNGC incorrectly misclassified this number as nonexistent.

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NGC 7656 = ESO 605-005 = MCG -03-59-008 = VV 669 = KTS 72B = PGC 71357 = Anthead Galaxy

23 24 31.4 -19 03 33; Aqr

V = 13.3;  Size 1.2'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.5

 

48" (11/1/13): at 488x and 610x appeared fairly faint to moderately bright, round, ~24" diameter, high surface brightness.  Surprisingly, a low surface brightness wing or loop extending to the northeast was immediately noticed.  This loop is brighter along the northern edge and passes through a mag 16.7 star (or stellar galaxy), increasing the overall length to 45" extending southwest (core) to northeast (loop).  A mag 16.5 star lies 1.3' W and another mag 16.5 star is 1.4' N.  2MASX J23242536-1902139, an extremely compact galaxy (V = 15.7) lies 1.9' NW.  Finally, 2MASX J23243030-1903019, an extremely faint quasi-stellar galaxy was glimpsed less than 30" NNW, although another loop in that direction was not seen.

 

24" (9/30/16): at 282x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 20" diameter, contains a small slightly brighter nucleus.  ESO 605-004, 13' WNW, appeared very faint, fairly small, roundish, 20" diameter, low even surface brightness.  ESO 605-006, 14' NE, was only occasionally glimpsed as an extremely faint glow, small, ~15" diameter, possibly elongated.  The trio is catalogued as KTS 72 (Karachentsev Triplets, South).

 

24" (8/23/14): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 20"-24" diameter, weak concentration.  The loop structure to the northeast was not noticed.  ESO 605-004 lies 13' WNW.

 

17.5" (10/21/95): very faint, small, round, 30" diameter.  Contains a very small brighter core surrounded by a very faint halo.  This is an unusual, distorted interacting system with loops and filaments, though no structure was seen.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7656 = LM 1-263 on 9 Oct 1885 and recorded "vF; vS; R; brighter middle to a nucleus."  There is nothing at his rough position (nearest min of RA), but approximately 1 minute of RA west is ESO 605-005 = PGC 71357.  Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1897-98 (repeated in the IC 2 Notes).  Bigourdan couldn't find this object, probably looking at the wrong position.

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NGC 7657 = ESO 148-012 = KTS 73C = PGC 71456

23 26 47.1 -57 48 20; Tuc

V = 14.2;  Size 1.5'x0.4';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 106°

 

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.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7657 = h3992 on 2 Oct 1836 and noted "eF; R."  His position is just 1' southwest of ESO 148-012.

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NGC 7658 = ESO 347-016 = MCG -07-48-002 = AM 2323-392 = PGC 71432

23 26 25.0 -39 13 38; Gru

V = 13.9;  Size 0.9'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.3;  PA = 128°

 

18" (8/19/09): only glimpsed for short moments at 175x.  Appeared extremely faint, small, slightly elongated NW-SE, ~25"x20", very low even surface brightness.  The close companion to the north was not seen.

 

18" (10/25/08): difficult observation due to low altitude and faintness of this double system.  This is the southern "knot" of two extremely faint glows (separation 40") that were occasionally visible. Too faint for any details.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7658 = h3994 on 4 Sep 1834 and recorded "double nebula; individuals equal; eF; R; bM; 20"; follows a line of 4 stars at 11 and 12m, somewhat oblique to the meridian.  He confirmed the description on 4 Oct 1836, though for some reason he only assigned a single h- and GC-designation.  So, we have NGC 7658A and 7658B.

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NGC 7659 = UGC 12595 = MCG +02-59-040 = CGCG 431-064 = PGC 71417

23 25 55.7 +14 12 35; Peg

V = 14.0;  Size 0.8'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.5;  PA = 110°

 

17.5" (9/26/92): faint, small, very elongated 3:1 WNW-ESE, even concentration to a small brighter core.  This galaxy has a fairly high surface brightness for CGCG mag = 15.1z.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7659 = H. III-212 = h2239 on 16 Oct 1784 (sweep 294) and recorded "eF, eS, stellar.  240 verified it completely though with difficulty."  John Herschel made the single observation "vF; S; R; pretty suddenly brighter middle; 15"." and measured an accurate position.

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NGC 7660 = UGC 12594 = MCG +04-55-012 = CGCG 476-035 = PGC 71413

23 25 48.7 +27 01 48; Peg

V = 12.7;  Size 1.4'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 35°

 

17.5" (9/23/89): faint, small, slightly elongated SSW-NNE, small bright core.  A mag 11.5 star is 1.7' W of center.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7660 = h2240 on 5 Sep 1828 and recorded "F; vS; pretty suddenly much brighter middle; 6"; almost stellar; a star 10m preceding; dist 1' in parallel."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7661 = ESO 110-011 = AM 2324-653 = PGC 71473

23 27 14.3 -65 16 14; Tuc

V = 13.4;  Size 1.8'x1.2';  Surf Br = 14.1;  PA = 25°

 

25" (10/15/17 - OzSky): at 244x; faint, fairly large, somewhat elongated or irregular,~1.4'x1.1',  very low surface brightness (face-on spiral?) halo with only a very weak concentration.  A 12' string of 7 stars extends southwest.  Observed under windy conditions, though my query "face-on spiral" is accurate.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7661 = h3993 on 1 Nov 1834.  He recorded "eF; L; R; very gradually very little brighter middle; 100"; a difficult object."  His position is accurate. RNGC classifies this galaxy as a unverified southern object.

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NGC 7662 = PK 106-17.1 = PN G106.5-17.6 = Blue Snowball

23 25 53.8 +42 32 06; And

V = 8.3;  Size 32"x28"

 

48" (10/24/14): superb view of the double-shell structure at 610x and 813x.  The inner shell is elongated ~3:2 SW-NE, ~18"x12", and contains a remarkable, bright thin rim, so it appears like a racetrack with a dark interior.  This delicate but high surface brightness ring is brightest along a 90° arc around the northeast end and nearly as bright in a matching 90° arc on the southwest end.  The rim is noticeably weaker on the west and east sides.  The elongated darker hole spans a large percentage of the inner shell and was punctuated by a faint, but steadily visible central star.

 

The outer shell is twice the size (~35"x25"), slightly less elongated, and a bit offset in its major axis (SSW-NNE).  The outer rim also has two brighter arcs or strips, but only 25°-30° in length.  The more prominent arc is on the southeast side with a weaker strip symmetrically placed on the northwest edge.  These strips are 90° offset from the much brighter inner arcs.  The outer shell appears irregular in surface brightness with an impression of striations.  Surrounding the outer shell there appeared to be a very low surface brightness outer halo.

 

18" (9/10/07): viewed this gorgeous double-shelled planetary at 807x in good seeing.  The outer envelope is a sharply defined 35"x25" oval, oriented SSW-NNE.  Roughly halfway to the center is a remarkable, thin oval ring oriented SW-NE (slightly offset in orientation compared to the outer shell) of very high surface brightness.  This annular ring is brightest along a 90° arc on the south side and is also enhanced along a shorter arc along the northern part of the ring.  The ring fades and appears broken with a gap along the west to WNW edge.  Inside the ring is a darker oval hole that is weakly luminous.

 

18" (10/19/06): In steady seeing, the double-shell structure was remarkable at 807x (7mm Pentax + 2.5x Powermate).  The outer envelope is noticeably oval SW-NE, ~35"x25".  Embedded within this envelope is a fairly thin, very bright inner ring with a sharply defined outline.  The ring was irregular in surface brightness but clearly brightest at the SW and NE ends of the ring (ends of the major axis).  The ring fades on the NW side and there was a small, distinct gap in the ring at the NW end. The surface brightness of the inner ring was high enough to give a glowing "electric" quality with an impression of a rope-like or twisted structure.  The center of the ring was much darker than the ring and formed a substantial dark oval at this magnification, but was still clearly luminous.

 

17.5" (9/19/98 and 10/13/01): at 500x, this blue high surface brightness planetary has a beautiful double-shell structure with a small, dark center.  The bright inner structure has a delicate, embedded thinner ring of very high surface brightness, though weaker at the following end.  In the center of this ring is a small, darker hole.  The fainter, outer envelope is elongated SW-NE, ~35"x25", giving an asymmetric appearance with the outline of the inner ring.

 

17.5" (10/12/85): extremely bright, very high surface brightness, fairly small, easily takes very high power.  At 410x, the planetary appears weakly annular with a slightly darker center.  There is a second outer shell, which exhibits subtle structure due to an irregular surface structure, blue-green color is evident.  Central star not seen.

 

13.1" (9/11/82): darker center at 288x, faint outer shell.

 

8" (8/15/82) : slightly darker center at 300-400x, irregular surface brightness.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7662 = H. IV-18 = h2241 on 6 Oct 1784 (during sweeps 281-285, which was made off the meridian in the east).  He described it as "bright, round, a planetary [with a] pretty well defined disk,  a little elliptical, perhaps 10" or 12" diameter."  This may be the first time "planetary" is actually used although earlier, Darquier describes M57 "... as large as Jupiter and resembles a fading planet."  In the 1785 PT paper ("Construction of the  Heavens"), he wrote "When it is viewed with a 7 feet reflector [6.2"], it is not nearly so well defined as with the 20 feet diameter [18.7"]...taken with 278x, 15" diameter."  On 3 Oct 1790 (sweep 964) he wrote, "a very beautiful object, with a very small star following; giving one the idea of a large planet with a very small satellite."  Jean Dominque Cassini had mentioned the idea of a satellite after observing NGC 7662 during a visit (along with Méchain) on 27 Nov 1787.  According to Wolfgang Steinicke, Herschel observed NGC 7662 a total of 10 times including with his X-foot (24" f/5) on 1 Jan 1807.  A small sketch (fig. 36) was included in his 1811 paper as representative of planetary nebulae.

 

On 1 Oct 1828 (sweep 183), John Herschel recorded "A fine planetary nebula.  Diameter 12"; with 240 beautifully defined, light, rather mottled, and the edge the least in the world unshaped.  It is not nebulous, but looks as if had a double outline, or like a star a little out of focus.  A perfect circle." He measured the 13th magnitude star ~50" NE of center several times (interested in it as a possible satellite of the planetary) and noted "These satellites of planetary nebulae out to be especially attended to."

 

32 observations were made at Birr Castle.  Lord Rosse and assistant George Johnstone Stoney on 31 Oct 1848: "Has a central spot, at moments very dark."  Rosse and Stoney made sketches on 16 Dec 1848 revealing the double ring structure and brighter arcs (1850 publication, Fig. 13).  Rosse included NGC 7662 in the list of objects showing "dark spaces" in his 1850 publication. Stoney's sketch on 16 Sep 1852 (Plate XXX, Fig. 40 in the 1861 Monograph), using a freshly polished speculum, shows a prominent central star within a spiral shaped nebula and well-defined "arms".

 

Using a 9.5" refractor in 1855, Father Secchi described (and sketched) a slightly darker horseshoe-shaped central region and a brighter outer arc, a questionable amount of detail for that aperture.  Joseph Winlock and George Searle, observing with the HCO 15-inch refractor around 1866, did not report the central star but "Two edges seen...as of a brighter nebula placed over a dimmer one.  The brighter and fainter ellipses have major axes slightly differing in direction; the brighter having the position angle of its major axis 10° to 15° the large"

 

William Huggins first observed the emission line spectrum of NGC 7662 in 1864 and noted "three lines".  It was confirmed by Father Angelo Secchi in 1866 and again by Lieutenant John Herschel, son of John Herschel, in 1868.  At the time he was stationed in Bangalore, India for a trigonometric survey.

 

Barnard thought the central star was variable based on observations with the Yerkes 40-inch in 1897 and wrote a paper in 1908 on "The Variability of the Nucleus of the Planetary Nebula NGC 7662" (MNRAS, 68, 465).  The paper includes a superb sketch made with the 40-inch refractor at Yerkes.  In 1935, John Duncan wrote "The bright ring of NGC 7662, like that of NGC 6720, has a vivid bluish-green color; but the outer shell, seen with a large reflector [probably with the 60"] on a favorable night, has a pronounced reddish hue."

 

The nickname "Blue Snowball" is from Leland S. Copeland’s description "looking like light blue snowball" in a 1960 Sky & Tel article.

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NGC 7663 = MCG -01-59-023 = PGC 71455

23 26 45.2 -04 57 59; Aqr

V = 14.5;  Size 0.4'x0.4'

 

17.5" (12/16/95): this observation refers to MCG -01-59-022 which is located 4.4' W of (R)NGC 7663 = MCG -01-59-023.  It appeared extremely faint and small, round, 20" diameter, very weak concentration to an occasional 10" core.  Located on a line between a mag 14 star 1.2' NW and mag 9.5 SAO 146709 3.6' SE.  A mag 14 double at 16" separation lies 6' ENE.  MCG -01-59-023 was not seen in fair seeing.  The identification of either galaxy with NGC 7663 is very uncertain.

 

Gaspare Ferrari discovered NGC 7663 = Nova #5 on 18 Dec 1865, while searching for Biela's Comet with the 9.5-inch Merz equatorial at the College Romain.  There is nothing near his position or several other objects he claimed.  The RNGC and PGC identify PGC 71455 as NGC 7663.  This galaxy is 13' S of Ferrari's position.  Harold Corwin suggests that either MCG -01-59-023 or -022 (close preceding) are possibly NGC 7663.  Wolfgang Steinicke classifies this number as "Not Found".  See Harold Corwin's identification notes.

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NGC 7664 = UGC 12598 = MCG +04-55-013 = CGCG 476-038 = LGG 474-004 = PGC 71450

23 26 39.8 +25 04 49; Peg

V = 12.7;  Size 2.6'x1.5';  Surf Br = 14.0;  PA = 90°

 

17.5" (9/23/89): moderately bright, moderately large, oval E-W, brighter core.  A mag 14 star is just off the south edge 1.0' from center and a mag 15 star is just off NE edge 38" from center.  Located midway between mag 6.8 SAO 91256 15' SW and 69 Pegasi (V = 5.9) 15' NE.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7664 = St. 8a-29 = T. 1-51 on 27 Sep 1869 with additional observations on 25 Sep 1873 and 14 Sep 1876.  His reduced position was published the following year (list 8, #29) with description "extremely faint and small, irregularly round, slightly brighter middle, very faint star involved."  Wilhelm Tempel independently discovered this galaxy in 1876.  Both Stephan (1) and Tempel (2) were credited in the NGC.  William Herschel observed the nearby star 69 Peg (15' to the NE) on 10 Sep 1784 (sweep 264), but missed this galaxy.

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NGC 7665 = MCG -02-59-019 = PGC 71474

23 27 14.8 -09 23 13; Aqr

V = 12.7;  Size 0.9'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.3

 

17.5" (9/15/90): faint, very small, round, small bright core.  Located 2.9' WNW of mag 9.1 SAO 146713.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7665 = H. III-438 on 28 Sep 1785 (sweep 445) and logged "eF, S, stellar, about 1 1/2' a pB star."  His dec is 2' too small.

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NGC 7666

23 27 24 -04 11; Aqr

 

= Not found, Corwin and Steinicke.

 

Gaspare Ferrari discovered NGC 7666 = Nova #8 on 21 Dec 1865 while searching for Biela's Comet, which never returned after 1852.  There is nothing near his position. Harold Corwin and Wolfgang Steinicke were unable to identify a candidate and classify it as lost (along with several others that Ferrari claimed).

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NGC 7667 = UGC 12578 = MCG +00-59-038 = CGCG 380-050 = VV 613 = PGC 71345

23 24 23.1 -00 06 29; Psc

V = 14.0;  Size 1.6'x1.1';  Surf Br = 14.5;  PA = 90°

 

48" (10/27/16): at 488x; fairly faint, large, elongated roughly 5:2 E-W but the shape is irregular.  Low though uneven surface brightness with no core.  The galaxy bends to the north on the east side and spreads out into a very low surface brightness haze.

 

This barred Magellanic irregular (possible merger) contains a series of blue HII knots along the west side and three were seen at 488x.  A very faint stellar or quasi-stellar knot (UM 160 NED1) is detached off the west end.  A slightly brighter tiny knot (UM 160 NED2) is close ESE [by 15"], at the west edge of the galaxy.  A third collinear knot (UM 160 NED3), 15" further ESE, was intermittently visible.  The NED designations are from the University of Michigan emission line survey.

 

UGC 12589, located 12' NE, appeared fairly faint, moderately large, very elongated 3:1 ~SW-NE, ~1.0'x0.3', small brighter central region.   This peculiar galaxy has an unusual shape, hooking counterclockwise on the southwest side and extending a short distance [~0.3'] due west.  The galaxy tapers on the northeast end.  It forms a pair with LEDA 214957 1.2' NE.

 

24" (9/29/16): at 375x; very faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 ~E-W, ~30"x20", low even surface brightness (surprisingly faint).  This is highly irregular or disrupted merger with several blue knots on the western half, but these were not noticed.  UGC 12589 lies 12' NE.  This peculiar galaxy (another merger?) appeared extremely faint, fairly small, very elongated 5:2 or 3:1 SW-NE, 30"x12", very low surface brightness.

 

17.5" (8/31/86): very faint, very diffuse, elongated 3:2 E-W.  A faint star is 2' N and another 6' ENE (mag 14.5/15 double at 16"). UGC 12589 lies 12' NE.

 

Gaspare Ferrari discovered NGC 7667 = Nova #9, along with NGC 7668, 7669 and 7670, on 21 Dec 1866 (AN 1571).  These were all claimed while fruitlessly searching for Biela's Comet at College Romain as an assistant to Father Angelo Secchi.  He simply noted "vF" and "three [others] surround the 9th [NGC 7667] in the field."  There is nothing near his position (determined using the setting circles).  RNGC and PGC identify UGC 12578 as NGC 7667.  This galaxy is 3.0 minutes of RA west and 4.5' N of Ferrari's position, so the identification is very uncertain and the number could be classified as lost.  Neither UGC, MCG, CGCG nor ESGC identify UGC 12578 as NGC 7667.  See Harold Corwin's identification notes.

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NGC 7668

23 27 12 -00 11; Psc

 

= Not found, Corwin.

 

Gaspare Ferrari discovered NGC 7668 = Nova #10, along with NGC 7667, 7669 and 7670, on 21 Dec 1865 while searching for Biela's Comet (lost after 1852). There is nothing near his position (along with several others objects he claimed) and both Harold Corwin and Wolfgang Steinicke list this number as lost.  See NGC 7667.

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NGC 7669

23 27 12 -00 11; Psc

 

= Not found, Corwin.

 

Gaspare Ferrari discovered NGC 7669 = Nova #11, along with NGC 7667, 7668 and 7670, on 21 Dec 1865 while unsuccessfully searching for Biela's Comet. There is nothing near his position and both Harold Corwin and Wolfgang Steinicke list this number as lost. Only 3 out of 14 objects he claimed during the search are reliably identified. See NGC 7667.

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NGC 7670

23 27 12 -00 11; Psc

 

= Not found, Corwin.

 

Gaspare Ferrari discovered NGC 7670 = Nova #12, along with NGC 7667, 7668 and 7669, on 21 Dec 1865 while fruitlessly searching for Biela's Comet (never returned after 1852). There is nothing near his position and both Harold Corwin and Wolfgang Steinicke list this number as lost (along with several others that Ferrari claimed).  See NGC 7667.

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NGC 7671 = UGC 12602 = MCG +02-59-044 = CGCG 431-069 = PGC 71478

23 27 19.3 +12 28 03; Peg

V = 12.8;  Size 1.4'x0.8';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 138°

 

17.5" (10/28/89): fairly faint, fairly small, oval NW-SE, prominent small bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 11 star is 2.1' W.  Pair with NGC 7672 5.7' SE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7671 = H. III-226 = h2242 on 21 Oct 1784 and simply logged "eF, S.  The moon up(?)."  He found the galaxy again on 23 Nov 1785 (sweep 476) and described it as "vF, vS, stellar.  240 confirmed it; a few minutes following a pB star."  On 12 Oct 1825 (sweep 13) , John Herschel recorded "pB; S; R; 20"; mbM, with a hazy border.  Approaching to a stellar, or a planetary character."

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NGC 7672 = MCG +02-59-045 = CGCG 431-070 = PGC 71485

23 27 31.4 +12 23 07; Peg

V = 13.9;  Size 0.9'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 36°

 

17.5" (10/28/89): very faint, small, round, low surface brightness, no central brightening.  Pair with NGC 7671 5.7' NW.

 

R.J. Mitchell, assistant to Lord Rosse, discovered NGC 7672 = Sw. 2-100 on 23 Oct 1857.  While observing NGC 7671 he logged "I see a S, vF, neb about 6' south. and this latter is followed by a double star."  Lewis  Swift independently discovered this galaxy on 31 Oct 1885 and reported it as new in his second discovery paper.  Swift described it as "eF; pS; R; v diff.; [NGC 7671] near; [William Herschel] is wrong and [John Herschel] right as to brightness of [NGC 7671]."

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NGC 7673 = IV Zw 149 = UGC 12607 = MCG +04-55-014 = CGCG 476-042 VV 619 = Mrk 325 = LGG 474-001 = PGC 71493

23 27 41.4 +23 35 20; Peg

V = 12.8;  Size 1.3'x1.2';  Surf Br = 13.1

 

48" (11/4/21): at 610x; bright, fairly small, roundish, ~30" diameter, irregular surface brightness.  Contains a bright, very mottled core or knot(s) that is offset towards the SW side.  Another knot less than 5" in size is near the NNE edge. A mag 16.4 star is 0.8' N and a 1.4' pair of mag 8/9 stars is 4' E.  NGC 7677 lies 6.7' SE and LEDA 1691144 is 4.6' NW.

 

13.1" (9/22/84): moderately bright, small, weak concentration, round.  Forms a pair with NGC 7677 7' SE.  Located 4' W of mag 7.9 SAO 91280 and 5' WNW of mag 8.6 SAO 91282.  Upsilon Pegasi (V = 4.4) is 33' WSW in a low power field.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7673 = m 577 on 5 Sep 1864 and noted "F, S, R."  Heinrich d'Arrest independently discovered the galaxy again on 30 Sep 1866 with the 11" refractor at Copenhagen Observatory.

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NGC 7674 = HCG 96A = Arp 182 NED1 = VV 343a = UGC 12608 = MCG +01-59-080 = CGCG 406-112 = Mrk 533 = PGC 71504

23 27 56.7 +08 46 44; Peg

V = 13.2;  Size 1.1'x1.0';  Surf Br = f;  PA = 150°

 

48" (10/30/16): at 610x; very bright, moderately large, round, 0.9' diameter, sharply concentrated with an intensely bright core that increases to a blazing stellar nucleus!  The halo has an irregular surface brightness with a strong hint of spiral structure, though no clearly defined arms.  A faint star (mag ~16.5) is at the northeast edge and NGC 7674A = HCG 96C is just beyond this star.  The contact companion is moderately bright, small, roundish, ~18" diameter, slightly brighter stellar nucleus.  NGC 7675 = HCG 96B, the second brightest in the HCG 96 quartet, is 2.3' WSW.

 

HCG 96D, 1.1' SE and the faintest in the quartet, appeared fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 or 5:2 N-S, low nearly even surface brightness, ~15"x6".  Just outside the field and not catalogued by Hickson are LEDA 214960, 3.8' SW of NGC 7674 and LEDA 1353595, 3.9' E of NGC 7674.  The first galaxy appeared fairly faint to moderately bright, elongated 2:1 or 5:2 SSW-NNE, 20"x8", well concentrated with a bright core.  LEDA 1353595 was very faint (V = 16.9), small, irregularly round, 10" diameter, very low surface brightness.

 

24" (12/28/13): at 375x appeared fairly bright, fairly small, round, 0.8' diameter, sharply concentrated with a small, very bright core.  Brightest in the HCG 96 quartet with CGCG 406-113 = HCG 96C just off the NE edge [33" from center].  HCG 96D (faintest member) lies 1.1' SE and NGC 7675 = HCG 96B is 2.3' ESE.

 

HCG 96B: moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 4:3 or 5:4 SSW-NNE, 0.6'x0.45', well concentrated with a small, very bright core.

HCG 96C: fairly faint, very small, round, 15" diameter

HCG 96D: extremely faint and small, round, 6" diameter, only pops with averted (at same position) but cannot hold for an extended period.

 

18" (9/3/05): moderately bright, fairly small, round, ~0.8' initially though with averted the halo appeared ~1' diameter.  Contains a brighter core and stellar nucleus.  Brightest and largest of a trio in HCG 96.  MCG +01-59-081 is attached on the NE edge.

 

18" (8/27/05): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 0.7' diameter (though somewhat larger with averted vision), even concentration to a small bright core and stellar nucleus.  Forms a similar pair with NGC 7675 2.5' E in HCG 96.

 

17.5" (11/28/97): fairly faint, small, roundish, 0.6' diameter, increases to a very small brighter core and a stellar nucleus.  Forms a very close pair with MCG +01-59-081 = HCG 96C close off the NE side. Brightest of three visible in the group.  CGCG 406-113 is also in the field 8.5' due north.

 

17.5" (7/16/93): brightest in HCG 96.  Fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, bright core, substellar nucleus.  A companion (HCG 96c) is just visible at the northeast edge of the halo <1.0' from the center.  A possible threshold star mag 16-16.5 is also superimposed at the northeast edge.  NGC 7675 lies 2.5' ESE. 

 

17.5" (11/1/86): moderately bright, slightly elongated WNW-ESE, weak concentration.  Forms a pair with NGC 7675 2.5' ESE.  Seeing poor.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7674 = h2243, along with NGC 7675 on 16 Aug 1830.  His description reads "F; R; gradually brighter in the middle; 30".  The p of 2 [with NGC 7675]."  Samuel Hunter observed the pair as an assistant at Birr Castle on 30 Sep 1862 and described "Two neb p and f; preceding one [NGC 7674] is double, north-south, north component may only be a * enveloped in nebulosity".  The "north component" is MCG +01-59-081 = HCG 96C and if Hunter was more certain, this object would likely have received a NGC designation.  Édouard Stephan made another observation on 14 Sep 1876.  The MCG misidentifies MCG +01-59-081 as NGC 7674 and NGC 7674 itself is mislabeled as NGC 7675.

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NGC 7675 = HCG 96B = Arp 182 NED2 = VV 343 = MCG +01-59-083 = CGCG 406-114 = PGC 71518

23 28 05.9 +08 46 07; Peg

V = 13.8;  Size 0.6'x0.4';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 35°

 

48" (10/30/16): at 610x; very bright, moderately large, well concentrated with a very bright core that increases to the center.  The halo is oval 4:3 SSW-NNE.  NGC 7675 is the second brightest member of the HCG 96 quartet with HCG 96D 1.5' W.  LEDA 1353595, situated 1.9' NE though not a member, appeared very faint (V = 16.9), small, irregularly round, 10" diameter, very low surface brightness.

 

24" (12/28/13): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 4:3 or 5:4 SSW-NNE, 0.6'x0.45', well concentrated with a small, very bright core.  Second brightest in the HCG 96 quartet with NGC 7674 2.4' WNW.

 

18" (9/3/05): fairly faint, fairly small, round, very small brighter core and stellar nucleus with direct vision.  Located 2.5' ESE of slightly brighter and larger NGC 7674.

 

18" (8/27/05): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, 0.6'x0.5', very small bright core.  Located 2.4' following NGC 7674.

 

17.5" (11/28/97): faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, very small brighter core.  At 280x a stellar nucleus is visible. Located 2.4' ESE of NGC 7674 in HCG 96.

 

17.5" (7/16/93): faint, small, round, broad concentration, substellar nucleus.  Second brightest in NGC 7674 group = HCG 96 group with NGC 7674 2.5' WNW.  Appears brighter than listed magnitude.

 

17.5" (11/1/86): fairly faint, very small, round, weak concentration, slightly smaller and fainter than NGC 7674 2.5' WNW.  Poor seeing during observation.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7675 = h2244, along with NGC 7674, on 16 Aug 1830 and noted "vF; R; gradually brighter in the middle; 20".  The f of 2 [with NGC 7674]."  MCG (+01-59-083) doesn't label this galaxy as NGC 7675.

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NGC 7676 = ESO 148-016 = AM 2326-595 = PGC 71564

23 29 01.7 -59 43 00; Tuc

V = 12.5;  Size 1.7'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 85°

 

25" (10/15/17 - OzSky): at 397x; bright, moderately large, elongated 2:1 E-W, ~1.4'x0.7'.  The galaxy is sharply concentrated with a small, intense core that increases to the center.  ESO 148-017, situated 17' NNE, appeared fairly bright, fairly large, oval ~2:1 SW-NE, ~1.8'x0.8'.  Contains a bright elongated core that appears slightly askew from the major axis of the halo.  The galaxy is also located 10' ESE of mag 7.1 HD 220986

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7676 = h3995 on 28 Oct 1834 (sweep 504). He recorded "B; S; lE; very small & very much brighter middle to a * 11m."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7677 = UGC 12610 = MCG +04-55-015 = CGCG 476-043 = Mrk 326 = VV 619 = LGG 474-002 = PGC 71517

23 28 06.2 +23 31 53; Peg

V = 13.2;  Size 1.6'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 35°

 

48" (11/4/21): at 610x (quick look); fairly bright, 30" roundish central region with a sharp stellar nucleus and an irregular surface brightness.  Very weak, ill-defined halo (containing spiral arms)  A mag 14.6 star is 0.6' N and a mag 12.3 star is 0.9' NW.  Two very bright stars were kept out of the field; a mag 8.8 star less than 3' NNW and mag 7.9 HD 220952 4' NW.  NGC 7673 is 6.7' NW.

 

13.1" (9/22/84): faint, small, almost round.  Located 6.6' SE of brighter NGC 7673.  Two bright stars to the north interfere with viewing!  Mag 8.6 SAO 91282 lies 2.7' N and mag 7.9 SAO 91280 is 3.8' NNW.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7677 = m 578, along with NGC 7673, on 5 Sep 1864 and noted "eF, vS, stell."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7678 = Arp 28 = VV 359 = UGC 12614 = MCG +04-55-017 = CGCG 476-045 = LGG 474-003 = PGC 71534

23 28 27.9 +22 25 16; Peg

V = 11.8;  Size 2.3'x1.7';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 5°

 

48" (10/27/16 and 10/28/19): at 610x; very bright, fairly large, slightly elongated SSW-NNE, 2.0'x1.5'.  Contains and small bright core and an extremely bright, very small nucleus with a pinpoint stellar peak.  The core is elongated WNW-ESE and appeared as a weak bar. A bright thin arm was nearly attached on the east side of the "bar" and swung counterclockwise to the south of the core.  This arm was sharply defined and brightened significantly on the southwest end [~30" SW of center].   The northern arm was only visible at its root near the west end of the "bar" as well as a small, detached piece on the northeast side of the halo [30" NE of center].   The galaxy sits within a bright isosceles triangle of mag 11/12 stars.  The observation was made in good seeing but through thin clouds.

 

24" (10/5/13): NGC 7678 is in the Arp group of "spiral galaxies - one heavy arm", which is evident visually.  At 260x the galaxy is beautifully framed with a thin triangle of mag 11.3/11.4 stars to the north and a mag 12 star off the south end.  It appeared fairly bright, moderately large, elongated SW-NE, ~1.8'x1.3'.  Contains a brighter elongated core that increases to a very small brighter nucleus.  The "heavy arm" is visible on the south side as a thin, shallow arc in the outer halo and brightens right at its western tip.

 

13.1" (9/9/83): faint, moderately large, diffuse, slightly elongated ~N-S, 1.8'x1.4', weak concentration.  Located within a thin isosceles triangle of mag 10.5-11 stars with the vertex at the south end and height 2.5'.  The mag 11 star just off the south end is just 1.1' from the center.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7678 = H. II-226 = h2245 on 15 Sep 1784 (sweep 274) and recorded "F, pL, bM, elliptical, between an acute triangle of pretty considerable stars."  On 25 Aug 1828 (sweep 91), John Herschel described this galaxy as "F; vR [sic?]; pL; little brighter middle; very symmetrically situated in the southern part of a lozenge of 4 stars, on the longer diagonal, forming an elegant object."  He included a sketch in the Slough catalogue (fig. 85).

 

NGC 7678 was sketched at least 4 times Lord Rosse's assistants.  On 5 Nov 1850, George Johnstone Stoney (returning from studies at Trinity) or his brother Bindon reported "I saw two knots and a dark space between them [gap between nucleus and southern arm].  I think the nebula is connected above the dark space."  On 17 Oct 1854, R.J. Mitchell made a sketch (Plate XXX, Fig. 41 in the 1861 Monograph) noted "spirality distinctly seen.  I thought the coil double in more closely upon itself than shown in Mr. Stoney's drawing, and that the central knot had a stellar nucleus.  The whole nebula looked sparkling, though I could not see any separate stars."

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NGC 7679 = Arp 216 NED1 = VV 329a = UGC 12618 = MCG +00-59-046 = CGCG 380-061 = Mrk 534 = PGC 71554

23 28 46.7 +03 30 41; Psc

V = 12.9;  Size 1.3'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 93°

 

24" (9/29/16): at 200x; moderately to fairly bright, fairly small, round, 25"-30" diameter, high surface brightness.  Contains a small bright core that increases to a faint stellar nucleus.  Burnham 1222, a close 1.4" pair of mag 10 stars, is 5.2' NW.  It was cleanly resolved at 375x.

 

On the SDSS NGC 7679 appears disrupted and surrounded by an off-center ring or tidal arm.  Forms a trio with NGC 7682 (undisturbed) 4.5' ENE and UGC 12628 11.5' SE.

 

17.5" (8/1/87): moderately bright, very small, round, very small bright core, stellar nucleus.  Forms a pair with NGC 7682 4.3' ENE.  A mag 12 star lies 2.4' WNW.  Located 5.3' SE of a mag 9.5 star.

 

13.1" (9/3/83): fairly faint, extremely small, dominated by a very small intense nucleus. 

 

8" (8/16/82): faint, small bright nucleus surrounded by a small halo.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7679 on 23 Sep 1864 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.  His position (measured again 2 nights later with nearby HD 221014) is accurate.  Albert Marth independently discovered this galaxy just a month later on 23 Oct 1864 at Malta and noted a "nebulous star 12.5 mag."  Surprisingly, Marth missed nearby NGC 7682.

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NGC 7680 = UGC 12616 = MCG +05-55-023 = CGCG 497-025 = LGG 475-002 = PGC 71541

23 28 35.1 +32 24 57; Peg

V = 12.6;  Size 1.9'x1.9';  Surf Br = 13.8

 

24" (10/12/20): at 375x; moderately bright, unusual appearance as sharply concentrated with a very bright, very small core (~0.4') increasing to a stellar nucleus.  The halo is diffuse with a low surface brightness and perhaps 1' in diameter, but very difficult to estimate the size.

 

LEDA 3088959 = IV Zw 151, a very compact companion, is just 50" NW of center and 17" E of a mag 15 star.  It was easier than expected (V = 15.2) and immediately seen at 225x and 375x as a very small, faint glow, only 10" diameter.

 

17.5" (8/13/88): moderately bright, very bright core, moderately large halo slightly elongated SSW-NNE.  Several faint stars are near including two 14th mag stars 40" S and 1.2' E of center.  In a trio with CGCG 497-024 7' NW and LEDA 214962 4' SW.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7680 = H. III-860 = h2246 = St. 9-39 on 2 Nov 1790 (sweep 975) and "vF, S, little brighter in the middle."  Heinrich d'Arrest measured an accurate micrometric position on 7 Nov 1863.  Stephan also observed NGC 7680 on 27 Sep 1873 and 24 Sep 1878.  He reduced the position of 30 Oct 1878 and surprisingly reported it as new in his 9th discovery list (#39).  Dreyer credited d'Arrest and Stephan for the NGC position.

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NGC 7681 = UGC 12620 = MCG +03-59-063 = CGCG 454-074 = PGC 71558

23 28 54.9 +17 18 35; Peg

V = 13.7;  Size 1.6'x1.4';  PA = 42°

 

17.5" (9/23/89): faint, very small, round, small prominent core with stellar nucleus.  A wide pair of stars mag 11.5 and 13 at 25" separation is 2.5' NE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7681 = H. II-242 = h2247 on 11 Oct 1784 (sweep 274) and recorded "F, vS, irr R, resolvable." His position is good (within 1').  On 29 Nov 1785 (sweep 480), he logged "F, S, lrr E, near and preceding 2 or 3 stars."  John Herschel made two observations and noted on sweep 11, "vF; R; gradually brighter in the middle; 20" to 30"; near a double star.  Bigourdan also measured the position of NGC 7681 as 23 26 21 +17 02 52.  All of their positions are in good agreement with UGC 12620.

 

Despite this match RNGC, RC3, CGCG, UGC notes and NGC 2000 all misidentify CGCG 454-072 as NGC 7681.  This galaxy is located 6.2' west-southwest and much fainter than UGC 12620.  MCG is the only catalogue to correctly identify NGC 7681.  The V magnitude = 14.8 and B = 15.7 in the RC3 is too faint for UGC 7681.

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NGC 7682 = Arp 216 NED2 = VV 329b = UGC 12622 = MCG +00-59-047 = CGCG 380-062 = PGC 71566

23 29 03.9 +03 32 00; Psc

V = 13.2;  Size 1.2'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.3

 

24" (9/29/16): at 200x; fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 4:3 NNW-SSE, ~32"x24", bright core.  In a trio with NGC 7679 4.5' WSW and UGC 12628 10' SSE.  UGC 12628 appeared fairly faint, fairly large, slightly elongated, ~1.2'x1.0', low but uneven surface brightness (face-on spiral).  A few times I detected a central bar running SW-NE (confirmed on the DSS).

 

17.5" (8/1/87): fairly faint, small, elongated 4:3 ~N-S, brighter core, faint stellar nucleus.  Larger of a pair with NGC 7679 4.3' WSW.

 

13.1" (9/9/83): very faint, diffuse, slightly elongated.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7682 on 23 Sep 1862 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.  His position is accurate (measured a total of 3 nights) and he mentioned a mag 14 star preceded by 13.7 seconds of RA.  d'Arrest didn't record brighter NGC 7679 until 2 years later.

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NGC 7683 = UGC 12623 = MCG +02-59-048 = CGCG 431-074 = PGC 71565

23 29 03.8 +11 26 43; Peg

V = 12.5;  Size 1.9'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 140°

 

17.5" (10/28/89): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated NW-SE, weak concentration, faint stellar nucleus.  A mag 13.5 star is 1.2' NNW.  Located 6.0' SE of mag 8.7 SAO 108630.

 

Gaspare Ferrari discovered NGC 7683 = Nova #1 = T. 1-52 on 14 Nov 1865 while unsuccessfully searching for Biela's Comet.  Although the positions of the other 13 objects in the discovery list (AN 1571) were found using the setting circles, NGC 7683 was measured using a comparison star, so has a more accurate position.  Wilhelm Tempel independently discovered this galaxy in 1876.

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NGC 7684 = UGC 12637 = MCG +00-59-050 = CGCG 380-065 = PGC 71625

23 30 32.0 +00 04 52; Psc

V = 13.6;  Size 1.4'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 21°

 

17.5" (8/1/87): fairly faint, small, very elongated ~N-S, small intense core.  A mag 12 star is just off the NW side 45" from center.  A faint companion 5' NNW (15.6z) not seen.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7684 = m 580 on 5 Oct 1863 and noted "F, vS, stell."  His position is accurate and the observation is marked as verified.

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NGC 7685 = UGC 12638 = MCG +01-59-087 = CGCG 406-121 = PGC 71628

23 30 33.5 +03 54 06; Psc

V = 13.7;  Size 1.9'x1.4';  Surf Br = 14.5;  PA = 170°

 

17.5" (8/27/87): faint, moderately large, round, diffuse.  Located within the Pisces circlet.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7685 = H. III-426 = h2248 on 30 Aug 1785 (sweep 427) and logged "eF; pL; iR; requires great attention to be seen."  John Herschel noted "eF; L; 60" to 90"." and measured a fairly accurate position.

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NGC 7686 = Cr 456 = Lund 1037 = OCL-251

23 30 07 +49 08 00; And

V = 5.6;  Size 15'

 

17.5" (7/31/92): about 75 stars in a 15' field surrounding mag 6.3 HD 221246, elongated E-W.  A group of seven faint stars to the west of the 6th-mag star is the only fairly rich portion.  There is a large region almost devoid of stars to the north and NW of the bright star consisting of two circular blank holes in contact.  A string of stars extends out from cluster to the west.

 

8" (8/16/82): about three dozen stars resolved including three bright stars mag 6.5/7.5/8.5 and many faint stars over haze, elongated E-W, irregular outline.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7686 = H. VIII-69 = h2249 on 3 Dec 1787 (sweep 787). He recorded "a coarsely scattered cluster of pretty large stars.  Contains one 8m in the sf part."  On 14 Sep 1829 (sweep 209), John Herschel logged "a bright coarse cluster 7' diam; seen in full moonlight.  Place of the chief star = 7m; about a dozen 9...11m, and many 12...14m."

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NGC 7687 = MCG +00-59-051 = CGCG 380-066 = PGC 71635

23 30 54.4 +03 32 48; Psc

V = 13.4;  Size 1.3'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 75°

 

17.5" (8/1/87): fairly faint, very small, slightly elongated, small brighter core.  A mag 12 star is 1.5' N of center.  Located 27' E of NGC 7682.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7687 on 21 Sep 1862 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.  He made a total of 4 observations and measured the mag 11 star 1.5' north.

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NGC 7688 = CGCG 454-080 = CGCG 455-004 = PGC 71648

23 31 05.5 +21 24 42; Peg

V = 14.1;  Size 0.7'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.1

 

17.5" (9/23/89): faint, small, round.  A mag 14 star is 1.4' SSW of center.

 

Christian Peters discovered NGC 7688 on 13 Oct 1865 with the 13.5-inch refractor at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, while searching for Biela's Comet (which never returned after 1852).  Otto Struve independently discovered this galaxy a few months later on 12 Dec 1865 (also searching for the comet) with the 38-cm Merz & Mahler refractor at the Pulkovo Observatory outside St. Petersburg.  Struve noted a mag 14 star in PA 201° at a separation of 80", which pins down this identification.  Peters' discovery was not published until his 1882 list in Copernicus, so Dreyer credited Struve in the GC Supplement (6206).  Both are listed in the NGC.

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NGC 7689 = ESO 192-007 = PGC 71729

23 33 16.1 -54 05 37; Phe

V = 11.5;  Size 2.9'x1.9';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 162°

 

30" (10/13/15 - OzSky): at 303x; bright, very large, oval 3:2 or 5:3 NW-SE, ~2.7'x1.8', contains a relatively large brighter core that is only weakly concentrated.  Spiral structure is evident.  A short arm is attached on the southeast side of the core and extends east.  A second arm appears to be attached on the southwest side of the core and extends southeast.  Finally a third arm appears to the north of the core.  The halo is patchy or mottled on the northwest side (HII regions or parts of an arm).  A mag 11 star is 2.2' E of center, a mag 15 star is at the north-northwest edge of the halo and a mag 16 star (or stellar knot) is at the northeast edge of the halo.

 

James Dunlop discovered NGC 7689 = D 347 = h7689 on 5 Sep 1826 and described a "faint round nebula, about 20" diameter."  His position was 17' too far ESE, but his notes also mention "preceding a small star" which matches NGC 7689.

 

John Herschel found it again on 24 Sep 1835 and reported "pF; L; R; very gradually little brighter middle; 2'."  His RA was 40 seconds too small and this error was repeated in the RC2 and RNGC.  Herschel questioned if D 347 was identical.  Listed in my RNGC Corrections #6.

 

 

 

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NGC 7690 = ESO 240-006 = PGC 71716

23 33 02.6 -51 41 54; Phe

V = 12.4;  Size 2.2'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 132°

 

30" (10/13/15 - OzSky): at 303x; bright, fairly large, oval 5:2 NW-SE, ~100"x40", sharply concentrated with a very bright core that increases to a stellar nucleus.  The galaxy bulges very slightly at the center and rounds near the ends.  Located 6.2' WNW of mag 8.5 HD 221593.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7690 = h3997 on 3 Oct 1834 and recorded "B; S; E; pretty suddenly brighter in the middle."  On a later sweep he noted "pB; S; R; 20"; precedes a * 8m 37 seconds [of time]."

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NGC 7691 = UGC 12654 = MCG +03-60-001 = CGCG 455-009 = LGG 477-001 = PGC 71699

23 32 24.4 +15 50 52; Peg

V = 12.9;  Size 2.1'x1.6';  Surf Br = 14.0;  PA = 175°

 

17.5" (7/19/90): faint, fairly small, almost round, diffuse, low surface brightness.  The galaxy forms the vertex of an obtuse triangle with a mag 10.5 star 1.3' SSW and a mag 11.5 star 1.7' E.  The two stars detracted from viewing.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7691 = H. III-213 = h2250 on 16 Oct 1784 (sweep 294) and recorded "eF, cL, between 2 pB stars but a little north of them.  240 verified it."  John Herschel made the single observation "eF; pL; forms a triangle with 2 st 10m, near it".  Curiously, this object was not found on 4 attempts in 1856-57 with Lord Rosse's 72" and d'Arrest found it "hard to understand" (gloating?) after 2 successful observations at Copenhagen with the 11" refractor.  It was observed at Birr Castle in a final attempt by Dreyer in 1876.

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NGC 7692 = MCG -01-60-003 = PGC 71712

23 32 46.8 -05 35 49; Aqr

V = 14.4;  Size 0.5'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.4;  PA = 80°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): very faint, very small, round, weak concentration.  Located 4.9' NNW of mag 9.5 SAO 146766.

 

George Phillips Bond discovered NGC 7692 = HN 2 on Oct 23 1848 at Harvard College Observatory with the 15" Merz refractor.  His position in AN 1453 is accurate.

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NGC 7693 = MCG +00-60-003 = CGCG 381-006 = PGC 71720

23 33 10.5 -01 17 31; Psc

V = 13.3;  Size 1.3'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 30°

 

17.5" (9/26/92): faint, small, round, weak concentration.  A mag 13 star is 1.4' ESE.  Located 15' WSW of 14 Piscium (V = 5.9).

 

Asaph Hall discovered NGC 7693 on 1 Dec 1881 while observing Faye's Comet with the 26-inch Clark refractor at the U.S. Naval Observatory (see AN 2394) and noted a "small nebula or nebulous star."  His position is an exact match with PGC 71720.  Sherburne Burnham also measured the position (Publ of Lick Obs, II) and commented it was not a "nebulous star".  This is the Hall's only NGC discovery, though he is famous for discovering the two moons of Mars.

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NGC 7694 = MCG -01-60-004 = Mrk 931 = PGC 71728

23 33 15.8 -02 42 10; Psc

V = 13.4;  Size 1.6'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 80°

 

17.5" (11/30/91): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 ~E-W, 1.1'x0.7', broad concentration.  Almost collinear with two mag 13 stars 1.8' NNE and 3.0' NNE of center.  Located 4.2' SW of a mag 10 star.  Forms a close pair with NGC 7695 1.1' SSW.  Member of the NGC 7701 group with NGC 7701 20' SE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7694 = H. III-187 on 20 Sep 1784 (sweep 279) and recorded "eF, stellar.  240 verified it, and showed it of a considerable magnitude."  Heinrich d'Arrest measured the position on 2 nights, so the NGC position is accurate. Albert Marth discovered nearby NGC 7695.

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NGC 7695 = PGC 71726

23 33 15.0 -02 43 12; Psc

V = 15.1;  Size 0.5'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 81°

 

17.5" (11/30/91): extremely faint and small, round, requires averted.  Located just 1.1' SSW of NGC 7694 in the NGC 7701 group.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7695 = m 581 on 18 Nov 1864 and noted "eF, stell, very near III. 187 [NGC 7694]."  His position is within 1' of PGC 71726, situated 1.1' south of NGC 7694, so the identification is certain despite the faintness of this galaxy.  The RNGC misclassifies this number as nonexistent (Type 7).

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NGC 7696 = MCG +01-60-004 = CGCG 407-010 = PGC 71757

23 33 50.1 +04 52 15; Psc

V = 14.0;  Size 0.6'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.3;  PA = 96°

 

24" (11/24/14): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:3 E-W, 30"x18", weak concentration.  CGCG 407-012 lies 10' NE.

 

18" (11/14/09): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 E-W, 40"x20", weak concentration with no core or nucleus.  Located on the SW side of a group of 10 galaxies (4 NGCs) centered about NGC 7706 (USGC U850).

 

17.5" (11/1/86): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, diffuse.  A mag 13 star is 1.7' WSW.  NGC 7704 lies 19' E.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7696 = m 582 on 14 Nov 1863 and noted "F, S, lE."  His position is 1' south of CGCG 407-010 = PGC 71757.

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NGC 7697 = IC 5333 = ESO 110-012 = AM 2332-654 = PGC 71800 = LEDA 127728

23 34 53.0 -65 23 46; Tuc

V = 13.5;  Size 1.6'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 87°

 

25" (10/15/17 - OzSky): at 397x; fairly faint to moderately bright, very thin edge-on ~8:1 E-W, ~1.2'x0.15', tapers at the tips, contains a thin brighter elongated core.  The galaxy is at the eastern vertex of a triangle with a mag 11 star 4' SW and a mag 12.5 star 3.5' NW.  Also a mag 14.3 star is 1.7' ENE, along with a 15.2 star 1.6' ESE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7697 = h3998 on 6 Sep 1836 and recorded "eeF; pL; 40"; very difficult but certain".  His position in the CGH catalogue is accurate, but his declination in the GC is 9' too far south.  Then Dreyer made another clerical error and his NGC RA was 3.0 minutes too large.  He later mentioned the misprint and corrected the RA in the IC 2 Notes.

 

DeLisle Stewart failed to find this galaxy (at the erroneous position) around 1900 on a plate taken at Harvard's Arequipa Station, but reported a new object HN 784 (later IC 5533) he described as "cB, S, edge of plate, susp."  His position was off by only 1.5'.  So, NGC 7697 = IC 5533 = ESO 110-012.  PGC and HyperLEDA identify ESO 110-012 as IC 5333 only.  RC3 misidentifies ESO 110-014 as NGC 7697.  ESO-LV identifies both ESO 110-012 and ESO 110-014 as NGC 7697.  RNGC classifies this number as a galaxy but reported the erroneous NGC position!  So, there are numerous identification missteps.

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NGC 7698 = UGC 12668 = VV 400 = MCG +04-55-029 = CGCG 476-069 = PGC 71762

23 34 01.5 +24 56 41; Peg

V = 13.3;  Size 1.0'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 170°

 

24" (9/7/18): at 375x; between fairly faint and moderately bright, round, small bright core, much fainter halo ~50" diameter.  A mag 15 star is 40" E of center.

 

17.5" (9/23/89): faint, very small, round, very small bright core.  A mag 14 star is 38" E of center.  A wide double star mag 9/10 (1.0' separation in PA 0°) lies 5' SSE.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7698 = St. 13-96 on 5 Oct 1869 and recorded an unpublished position just 1' WSW.  On 26 Sep 1883 he measured an accurate micrometric position with description "very faint, extremely small, round, very small core."

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NGC 7699 = PGC 71782

23 34 27.0 -02 53 58; Psc

V = 15.0;  Size 0.7'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.7;  PA = 109°

 

24" (9/22/17): at 260x; very faint, very small, round, 18" diameter, low even surface brightness.  A mag 11 star is 1' E.  Situated nearly midway between NGC 7700 3.3' S and NGC 7701 2.9' NNE.

 

17.5" (11/30/91): extremely faint, very small, round, requires averted vision.  Located just 1.0' E of a mag 11 star.  Also located just west of the midpoint of the line connecting NGC 7700 3.2' SSE and NGC 7701 3.0' NNE.  NGC 7699 is the faintest in this trio.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7699 = m 583, along with NGC 7700 (near NGC 7701), on 18 Nov 1864 and noted "eF, vS."  His position is fairly accurate.

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NGC 7700 = MCG -01-60-006 = PGC 71777

23 34 30.3 -02 57 13; Psc

V = 13.8;  Size 1.6'x0.4';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 155°

 

24" (9/22/17): at 260x; fairly faint, moderately large, very elongated 7:2 NNW-SSE, ~1.0'x0.25'.  A mag 12 star is 3' ENE.  NGC 7699 is 3.3' N and 7701 is 6' N.

 

17.5" (11/30/91): faint, very small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, weak concentration.  A mag 13 star is 2.0' SSE.  In a group with NGC 7701 6.0' N and NGC 7699 3.3' NNW.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7700 = m 584, along with NGC 7699, on 18 Nov 1864 and noted "vF, eS, stellar. (not far from [NGC 7701])."  His position was accurate.

 

The identifications for NGC 7700 and NGC 7701 were reversed in the pre-publication version of the ESGC and this error was repeated in the RC3, PGC and secondary sources such as the first edition of the Deep Sky Field Guide and WikiSky.  See Corwin's notes.

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NGC 7701 = MCG -01-60-007 = LGG 476-003 = PGC 71779

23 34 31.5 -02 51 15; Psc

V = 13.3;  Size 1.3'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 175°

 

24" (9/22/17): at 260x; moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 5:2 N-S, well concentrated with a small bright elongated core.  Brightest in a group (LGG 476) with NGC 7699 3' SSW, NGC 7700 6' S, IC 1501 18' S, NGC 7710 19' ESE.

 

17.5" (11/30/91): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 N-S, prominent core, stellar nucleus, halo gradually fades into background.  A mag 11 star is 3.3' SW.  Brightest in a group with NGC 7700 6.0' S, NGC 7699 3.0' SSW, NGC 7710 19' E and NGC 7694 20' NW.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7701 = H. III-188 on 20 Sep 1784 (sweep 279) and recorded "eF, stellar.  I did not verify this because it looked exactly like the former [NGC 7694] before I verified it."  His position was 7' too far southwest, comparable to the offset for NGC 7694, the previous object in the sweep.  Heinrich d'Arrest measured the position on 4 nights, though questioned if it was NGC 7701 due to the discrepancy in position.

 

The data for NGC 7700 and 7701 are reversed in the ESGC, PGC and the first edition of the Deep Sky Field Guide.

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NGC 7702 = ESO 192-009 = PGC 71829

23 35 28.9 -56 00 44; Phe

V = 12.2;  Size 2.2'x1.2';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 117°

 

30" (10/13/15 - OzSky): at 303x; very bright, fairly large, elongated at least 2:1 WNW-ESE, 1.4'x0.6', sharply concentrated with an intensely bright core that increases gradually to the center.  On images this galaxy has a strong apparent ring though it is not connected to a bar.  Visually the ring was evident as a well defined oval periphery that brightened slightly at the ends of the major axis (WNW and ESE ends).  A mag 8.2 star (HD 221752) lies 3.4' W.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7702 = h3999 on 28 Oct 1834 and recorded "vB; pmE; suddenly much brighter middle; 30" l; has a * 9m 23.5 seconds preceding, 10" north."  His mean position (measured on 2 nights) is accurate.

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NGC 7703 = UGC 12676 = MCG +03-60-004 = CGCG 456-016 = PGC 71797

23 34 46.9 +16 04 33; Peg

V = 13.4;  Size 2.2'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 147°

 

17.5" (10/28/89): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 NW-SE, well-defined small bright core, thin faint extensions.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7703 = h2251 = Sw. 4-97 on 7 Oct 1825 and recorded "vF; vS; gradually brighter in the middle; 10"; has a * 1' dist north following."  His position is at the south edge of UGC 12676.  Lewis Swift independently discovered this galaxy on 1 Sep 1886 and reported "vF; vS; R; 2 st point to it [to the east]."  Swift's position is accurate, though he apparently missed the JH's earlier discovery in the Slough Catalogue and GC.

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NGC 7704 = UGC 12684 = MCG +01-60-005 = CGCG 407-014 = WBL 718-002 = PGC 71810

23 35 01.0 +04 53 51; Psc

V = 13.4;  Size 1.1'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 67°

 

24" (11/24/14): at 375; fairly faint to moderately bright, oval 3:2 WSW-ENE, bright core, halo increases with averted, 0.6'x0.4'. A mag 15 star is off the SE side [45" from center].  PGC 214966, which lies just 2.0' WSW of center, appeared very faint, round, 10" diameter.  Slightly brighter NGC 7706 is 4.6' NNE and NGC 7705 is 5.6' S.

 

18" (11/14/09): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 WSW-ENE, 0.6'x0.4', very weak concentration.  PGC 214966 lies 1.9' WSW and appeared extremely faint and small, round, 6" diameter.  This compact galaxy was near my visual threshold and only occasionally visible as a tiny knot.  A mag 12 star is 3' W and a mag 15-16 star is less than 1' ESE.

 

17.5" (8/27/87): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated SW-NE, small brighter core.  A mag 15 star is 0.8' SE of center.  In a group with NGC 7705 5.7' S and NGC 7706 4.7' NE.  NGC 7696 lies 19' W.

 

17.5" (11/1/86): fairly faint, fairly small, very little concentration, slightly elongated SW-NE.  A faint star is 1' off the SE end.  Observation in very poor seeing.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7704 = h2252 on 13 Oct 1827 and logged "eF; hardly perceptible; a * 12m precedes."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7705 = CGCG 407-013 = WBL 718-001 = PGC 71811

23 35 02.5 +04 48 14; Psc

V = 14.5;  Size 0.6'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 105°

 

24" (11/24/14): faint to fairly faint, small, round, 20"-24" diameter, contains a very small brighter nucleus.  Faintest of 3 NGC's in a N-S string with NGC 7704 5.7' N.

 

18" (11/14/09): faint, small, round, 0.4' diameter, weak concentration to center with no zones, though an occasional stellar nucleus.  Located 5.7' due south of NGC 7704.

 

17.5" (8/27/87): very faint, very small, slightly elongated NW-SE, just a weak concentration at the core.  Located 5.7' S of NGC 7704 in a group with NGC 7706.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7705 = m 585 on 27 Oct 1864 and briefly commented "eF". His position is accurate.

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NGC 7706 = UGC 12686 = MCG +01-60-006 = CGCG 407-015 = WBL 718-003 = PGC 71817

23 35 10.4 +04 57 51; Psc

V = 13.2;  Size 1.2'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 120°

 

24" (11/24/14): moderately bright and large, oval 4:3 WNW-ESE, contains a bright, elongated core and a faint, oval halo.  A mag 14.8 star is on the south edge [27" from center].  Brightest in the WBL 718 group.

 

18" (11/14/09): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated ~E-W.  Contains a very small, slightly brighter center with an occasional very faint stellar nucleus.  A mag 14.5 star is just off the south side.  One of the brightest members of a group that includes 10 galaxies in a one-degree circle (USGC U850). Similar NGC 7704 lies 4.5' SSW.

 

17.5" (8/27/87): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated WNW-ESE, broad concentration.  A mag 14 star is 27" SW of center.  Similar in size and brightness to NGC 7704 4.7' SSW but a weaker concentration.

 

17.5" (11/1/86): similar in size and brightness to NGC 7704 but contains a slightly brighter core.  Slightly elongated NW-SE, a faint star is 1' SW.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7706 = h2253 on 16 Oct 1827 and logged "vF, but brighter than the preceding."  The preceding refers to NGC 7704, which was discovered on the previous sweep just 3 nights earlier.

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NGC 7707 = UGC 12683 = MCG +07-48-012 = CGCG 533-014 = PGC 71798

23 34 51.4 +44 18 15; And

V = 13.4;  Size 1.3'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 45°

 

17.5" (8/29/92): fairly faint, small, elongated 4:3 SSW-NNE, 1' diameter, bright core, faint stellar nucleus.  The impression of elongation may be due to a mag 15 star at the NNE tip.  Located 53" SE of a mag 10.5 star.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7707 = H. III-579 = h2254 on 24 Oct 1786 (sweep 621) and logged "vF, vS, just following a pB star."  John Herschel made two observations, first noting "eF; R; 20"; has a * 11m, 45° np; distance 25"."  This object was missed at Birr Castle on one attempt.

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NGC 7708

23 34 39 +72 48 54; Cep

Size 13'

 

17.5" (12/20/95): large, scattered group that requires at low power.  At 100x, about 30 stars are spread out in 15' triangular outline (borders are arbitrary) elongated NW-SE.  Includes one bright star (mag 7.4 SAO 10785) and a number of mag 11 stars.  There are also two mag 8 and 9 stars (SAO 10788 and 10791) at the south vertex of the triangle.  There are no rich spots but the group appears somewhat detached in the field at low power.  Catches the eye because of the brighter stars although appears to be just an asterism due to lack of any concentration or rich spots.  Listed as nonexistent in RNGC.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7708 = H. VIII-62 = h2255 on 19 Sep 1787 (sweep 760) and recorded "a cl. of coarsely scattered large stars, not rich, but the stars are brilliant."  John Herschel observed this group of stars on 20 Nov 1829 and noted "A poor and coarse cluster of large and small stars.  The largest (= 9m) taken."  On a later sweep he reported "a * 8-9m, the chief of a scattered cluster of 30...50 stars, 10...15m.  It more than fills the field. His positions correspond with mag 7.6 SAO 10785.  RNGC classifies this object as a nonexistent cluster (Type 7).  See Corwin's notes.

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NGC 7709 = MCG -03-60-002 = PGC 71828

23 35 27.5 -16 42 18; Aqr

V = 12.7;  Size 2.6'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 54°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): fairly faint, small, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE, bright core.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7709 = Sw. 6-97 on 21 Oct 1886 and recorded "pF; S; R; betw 2 distant B stars."  His RA was 12 seconds too large, but the description matches MCG -03-60-002 = PGC 71828.  Bigourdan measured an accurate position on 16 Nov 1890.  Herbert Howe reobserved the galaxy in 1897-98 and noted "This is described as "R". I find it much elongated at 225°.  It lies 8' south of a star of mag 8. Its length is 20", with a possible further faint extension."  His micrometric position was accurate.

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NGC 7710 = MCG -01-60-010 = PGC 71844

23 35 46.1 -02 52 51; Psc

V = 13.9;  Size 1.1'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 135°

 

24" (9/22/17): at 260x; fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, very elongated 7:2  NW-SE, 0.8'x0.25', well concentrated with a small bright core.  NGC 7701 (brightest in a group) is 19' WNW.

 

17.5" (12/16/95): faint, small, 40"x30" halo extended NW-SE, broad concentration to a slightly brighter core.  Situated in a poor star field at 220x with only scattered mag 14-15 stars.  Located 19' following NGC 7701 (which is the brightest of a trio).

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7710 = m 586 on 24 Sep 1862 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.  Albert Marth independently found this galaxy in Nov 1864 and noted "vF, vS, stellar."

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NGC 7711 = UGC 12691 = MCG +02-60-004 = CGCG 432-007 = LGG 477-003 = PGC 71836

23 35 39.4 +15 18 07; Peg

V = 12.2;  Size 2.6'x1.3';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 95°

 

17.5" (10/28/89): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 E-W, sharp bright core, fainter extensions.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7711 = H. II-244 = h2256 on 14 Oct 1784 (sweep 289) and logged "F, S, lE.  240 showed it better, resolvable."  On 16 Oct 1784 (sweep 294), he noted "F, stellar but not vS."  This is one of the first objects John Herschel recorded.  On 2 Nov 1823 (sweep 1), he noted "vF; R; gradually much brighter middle; 20"; r; like a blotted star."

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NGC 7712 = UGC 12694 = MCG +04-55-030 = CGCG 476-073 = PGC 71850

23 35 51.6 +23 37 08; Peg

V = 12.7;  Size 0.9'x0.8';  Surf Br = 12.1

 

17.5" (9/23/89): fairly faint, small, round, weakly concentrated.

 

Wilhelm Tempel discovered NGC 7712 = T. 1-53 in 1876 with the 11-inch "Amici I" refractor at the Arcetri Observatory.  His position is 1.6' northwest of UGC 12694.

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NGC 7713 = ESO 347-028 = MCG -06-51-013 = AM 2333-381 = LGG 478-002 = PGC 71866

23 36 15.2 -37 56 22; Scl

V = 11.2;  Size 4.5'x1.8';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 168°

 

24" (9/26/19): at 200x and 375x: fairly bright, large, very elongated 3:1 ~N-S, ~3.5'x1.2', broad concentration and slightly brighter center in a N-S orientation but no distinct nucleus.  The surface brightness appeared irregular but this galaxy is too far south to resolve any knots or other detail.  A mag 11.3 star is 1.8' SW of center with a mag 10.1 star 4.8' W.  A mag 13.3 star is off the N end [3.3' from center] and a mag 15 star is off the S end [2.6' from center].

 

NGC 7713A, located 17' NNE, appeared fairly faint, round, 1' diameter, low even surface brightness.  The galaxy is collinear with a mag 12.3 star 2.6' NE and a mag 9.2 star (HD 222071) 6.4' NE.

 

17.5" (10/20/90): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, broad concentration.  A mag 13 star is at the north tip.  Located just east of two mag 10 and 11 stars; the closer mag 11 star is 2' W of center. NGC 7713A lies 17' NE (not seen).

 

8" (8/16/82): very faint, elongated NNW-SSE, weak concentration.  Located 40' ESE of Beta Sculptoris (V = 4.4).

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7713 = h4000 on 4 Oct 1836 and recorded "pB; oval; or pmE; very gradually brighter middle; 3'."  The NGC has 30' error in north polar distance due to a misprint in GC, but JH's original NPD is accurate.  Innes noted the error in Monthly Notices 58,330 and Dreyer included the correction in the IC 2 Notes.

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NGC 7714 = Arp 284 NED1 = VV 51a = UGC 12699 = MCG +00-60-017 = CGCG 381-011 = Mrk 538 = LGG 479-002 = PGC 71868

23 36 14.1 +02 09 18; Psc

V = 12.5;  Size 1.9'x1.4';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 4°

 

48" (10/26/16): at 610x; very bright, moderately large, unusual irregular structure, ~1.2' diameter.  This deformed, interacting Wolf-Rayet galaxy is dominated by an extremely bright stellar nucleus (starburst activity).  A short bar-like central region is elongated NNW-SSE.  A curved arm bends sharply west on the south end of the "bar" and contains a very small knot (southwest of the nucleus).  A second arm, which appears to consist of a series of HII knots on the SDSS, begins on the NNW end of the "bar" and extends a short distance northeast.  A low surface brightness halo appears as a hazy glow on the eastern side only [a tidal loop on the SDSS].  The western tidally stretched arm of NGC 7715 2' E heads towards NGC 7714 but doesn't form a complete bridge.

 

NGC 7714 is located just 4' NW of mag 5.7 16 Psc and the bright star needs to be kept out of the field.  [HB89] 2333+019, an 18th magnitude quasar with a light-travel time of over 10 billion years, faint distant quasar, lies 4.4' ENE of center and was the subject of an article by Howard Banich in the Oct. '17 issue of Sky & Tel.

 

24" (8/30/16): at 322x; bright, moderately large, irregular shape.  Contains a very bright quasi-stellar nucleus and a close knot on the NW side.  The halo is irregular in outline.  Brighter of a close, interacting pair (Arp 284) with NGC 7715 2' E.  The bridge of material connecting the pair was not seen.  Located 4' NW of mag 5.7 16 Psc!

 

17.5" (8/7/91): moderately bright, very small, unusually bright 13th magnitude stellar nucleus!  Surrounded by a small halo slightly elongated NW-SE.  Forms a close pair with NGC 7715 1.8' E.  Located 4' NW of 16 Piscium (V = 5.7), which adds to an interesting view!  This is a distorted Wolf-Rayet starburst galaxy.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7714 = h2257 on 18 Sep 1830 and recorded "pB; S; R; pretty suddenly brighter middle; in field with 16 Piscium; a star 12m near south preceding (dist = 1 diameter of neb by diagram)."  William Herschel observed 16 Psc on 8 Oct 1785 (sweep 461), but missed NGC 7714.  NGC 7715 was discovered at Birr Castle. 

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NGC 7715 = Arp 284 NED2 = Arp 284:C1 = VV 51b = UGC 12700 = MCG +00-60-018 = CGCG 381-012 = LGG 479-003 = Holm 810b = PGC 71878

23 36 22.1 +02 09 24; Psc

V = 14.2;  Size 2.6'x0.5';  Surf Br = 14.3;  PA = 73°

 

48" (10/26/16): at 610x; fairly bright, moderately large, thin edge-on 6:1 WSW-ENE.  Dominated by a small, bright elongated core ~20"x8" that increases to a star-like nucleus.  Long stretched tidal arms or plumes extend WSW-ENE, ~1.8'x0.3'.  The western "arm" heads towards the center of NGC 7714 [1.9' W], but dims out before reaching the halo.  Mag 5.7 16 Psc is just 3.3' S and the glare affected viewing unless moved off the field.

 

[HB89] 2333+019, a faint distant quasar, lies 2.6' NE of the center of NGC 7715.  At a redshift of z = 1.871, the light-travel time is 10.2 billion years.  It was generally visible with averted vision despite a V magnitude of 18.3.  The quasar wasn't our target - Jimi noticed it on his monitor when we were observing NGC 7714/15, so of course Howard, Jimi and I had to take a look and we were pleased it was readily visible.

 

24" (8/30/16): at 322x; fairly faint, moderately large, very elongated 4:1 WSW-ENE.  Contains a brighter core and low surface brightness extensions (arms) that increase in size with averted vision to ~1.4'x0.35'.  On images the western arm or tidal bridge stretches to brighter NGC 7714 1.8' W, though there was no visual connection.  Located 3' N of mag 5.7 16 Psc!

 

17.5" (8/7/91): very faint, very small, elongated 2:1 WSW-ENE.  Located 3.2' N of mag 5.7 16 Psc, which detracts from viewing.  Forms a close pair (Arp 284) with much brighter NGC 7714 1.8' W.

 

Bindon Blood Stoney discovered NGC 7715 on 4 Nov 1850.  While making an observation of NGC 7714 he noticed "a faint neb follows [NGC 7714] about 2'."  Dreyer measured an accurate position in 1876 using the offset from 16 Psc.

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NGC 7716 = UGC 12702 = MCG +00-60-019 = CGCG 381-013 = LGG 479-004 = PGC 71883

23 36 31.5 +00 17 50; Psc

V = 12.1;  Size 2.1'x1.8';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 35°

 

13.1" (11/5/83): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 1.0' diameter, faint stellar nucleus.  Located 2.0' N of a mag 9.5 star.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7716 = h2258 on 6 Sep 1831 and recorded "Not eF; pL; lE; gradually brighter in the middle; has a * 10m exactly south, dist 2'."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7717 = MCG -03-60-008 = PGC 71941

23 37 43.7 -15 07 07; Aqr

V = 12.8;  Size 1.4'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 8°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): fairly faint, very small, round, small bright core, stellar nucleus.  Located 4.9' WSW of mag 6.4 SAO 165808.

 

Wilhelm Tempel discovered NGC 7717 = T. 1-54 in 1876 with the 11" refractor at the Arcetri Observatory near Florence. He mentions the nebula precedes Lalande 46286 (HD 222125) by 10 seconds and 1.5' south, but the galaxy is 20 seconds of RA west of the star.

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NGC 7718 = UGC 12712 = MCG +04-55-034 = CGCG 476-082 = PGC 71959

23 38 05.0 +25 43 11; Peg

V = 14.0;  Size 0.9'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 160°

 

17.5" (9/23/89): very faint, small, elongated NW-SE, even surface brightness.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7718 = m 587 on 6 Sep 1863 and noted "vF, S, R."  His dec is 2' too far south.

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NGC 7719 = ESO 536-012 = PGC 71961

23 38 02.6 -22 58 28; Aqr

V = 14.2;  Size 0.8'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.3

 

17.5" (12/20/95): extremely faint, very small, slightly elongated ~N-S? [DSS orientation SW-NE], 30" diameter, can just hold steadily with averted vision.  A mag 14 star is 2.2' SW.  There are no stars brighter than mag 12 in the 21' field.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7719 = LM 1-264 on 11 Aug 1885 and noted "eF; vS; R."  His rough position (nearest min of RA) is less than 1 min of RA too large.  Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1898-99 (repeated in the IC 2 Notes).

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NGC 7720 = UGC 12716 = MCG +04-55-036 = CGCG 476-091 = 3C 465 = PGC 71985

23 38 29.4 +27 01 53; Peg

V = 12.4;  Size 1.6'x1.3';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 20°

 

17.5" (9/23/89 and 8/8/91): located at the center of the rich cluster AGC 2634.  Fairly faint, small, small bright core, elongated SSW-NNE.  Forms a double system with a companion (NGC 7720A) attached at the north side.  The system appears visually as overlapping galaxies with double nuclei.  A dense swarm of galaxies are nearby to the south and east; IC 5341 2.8' SSW, CGCG 476-090 3.2' S, CGCG 476-092 3.3' SSE, IC 5342 2.4' SE, PGC 85575 0.9' E and PGC 71991 1.5' E!  A mag 15.5 star is 1.5' SW and two mag 11 stars lie 4' SSE and 7' SSE.

 

IC 5341: very faint, extremely small, round.

CGCG 476-090: very faint, extremely small, round.  A mag 11 star is 2.1' E.  This is the central galaxy in a very tight trio 3' S of NGC 7720.

IC 5342: very faint, small, round, bright core.  Located 2' N of a mag 11 star and 2.4' SE of NGC 7720.

PGC 85575: extremely faint and small, round, <5" diameter.  Located just 0.9' E of the center of NGC 7720.

PGC 71991: extremely faint and small, slightly elongated N-S.  A mag 14 star is 30" WSW.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7720 = H. III-146 = h2259 on 10 Sep 1784 (sweep 264) and recorded "vF, E, small stars with nebulosity between."  There is nothing at his position, but 36 seconds of time west is UGC 12716. JH described this galaxy as "pF; R; bM; 20"." and measured an accurate RA.  Herbert Howe reported in his 1900 paper on NGC/IC observations that "there seems to be a small nest of nebulae clustered about this one.  I have measured two, and suspected some others.  An examination with a large telescope might be fruitful.  7720 is described as "lE, bM."  It looks like a nebulous double star of mag 12-13.5, angle 10° [NNE], and distance 10"."  So Howe clearly resolved the two components of NGC 7720.

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NGC 7721 = MCG -01-60-017 = LGG 481-001 = Holm 812a = PGC 72001

23 38 48.7 -06 31 04; Aqr

V = 11.6;  Size 3.5'x1.4';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 15°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): moderately bright, fairly large, elongated 5:2 SSW-NNE, broad weak concentration.

 

8" (8/15/82): faint, moderately large, low surface brightness, elongated N-S.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7721 = H. II-432 = h2260 on 10 Sep 1785 (sweep 435) and logged "pB, cL, E."  On 30 Sep 1786 (sweep 605), he reported "F, little brighter middle, about 3' l, E from sp about 10 or 15° from the meridian to nf."  John Herschel made 3 observations in Oct 1828, calling the galaxy "vF; L; R; very gradually brighter middle; 60"." and "pB; pL; pmE; irreg fig."

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NGC 7722 = UGC 12718 = MCG +03-60-017 = CGCG 455-035 = LGG 477-004 = PGC 71993

23 38 41.2 +15 57 17; Peg

V = 12.4;  Size 1.7'x1.4';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 150°

 

17.5" (10/28/89): fairly faint, fairly small, almost round, even concentration to a bright core, very small or stellar nucleus.  A mag 15.5 star is close off the SW edge [44" from center].

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7722 on 12 Aug 1864 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.  His position is accurate (observed on two nights) and he mentions the mag 12 star 2' NNE (3.8 seconds of time east and ~1.5' north).

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NGC 7723 = MCG -02-60-005 = LGG 480-001 = PGC 72009

23 38 56.6 -12 57 35; Aqr

V = 11.2;  Size 3.5'x2.3';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 35°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): moderately bright, moderately large, oval 3:2 SW-NE, very small bright core, large diffuse halo.  NGC 7727 lies 40' NNE.  Located 20' ENE of mag 5.7 SAO 165804.

 

8" (8/28/81): faint, moderately large, elongated.  Located 20' ENE of a mag 6 star.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7723 = H. I-110 = h2261 on 27 Nov 1785 (sweep 478) and recorded "cB, cL, mbM, lE."  His position is accurate.  John Herschel logged (sweep 9) "Irreg R; gradually brighter in the middle; 2' diam; r.  I certainly see one star near the middle."

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NGC 7724 = MCG -02-60-006 = LGG 480-002 = PGC 72015

23 39 07.2 -12 13 27; Aqr

V = 12.9;  Size 1.4'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 37°

 

13.1" (10/10/86): faint, moderately large, slightly elongated SW-NE, diffuse but edges well defined, even surface brightness.  A mag 10 star (SAO 165813) lies 5.6' SSE.  Located 12' WNW of NGC 7727.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7724 = St. 5-13 = T. 1-55 = T. 4-14 on 1 Sep 1872, during an observation of NGC 7727.  His published position (list 5, #13) was made on 23 Sep 1873 with description "eF, moderate extent; irregular.", with a late observation on 18 Sep 1878.  Wilhelm Tempel found the galaxy on 26 Nov 1877, assumed it was new and measured an accurate micrometric position in 1880.  He was surprised that the Herschel, d'Arrest and Lord Rosse missed this galaxy, although they all observed nearby NGC 7727.

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NGC 7725 = MCG -01-60-018 = PGC 72025

23 39 14.8 -04 32 22; Aqr

V = 13.8;  Size 0.8'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.0

 

17.5" (10/21/95): faint, very small, round, 25" diameter, weak even concentration down to a slightly brighter core and nucleus.  A wide pair of stars (h990 = 9.2/11.5 at 41") is 10' SE.  Incorrect identification in the RNGC.  The PGC magnitude (13.0B) is too bright.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7725 = H. III-189 on 20 Sep 1784 (sweep 279) and simply noted "eF".  His single position is ~6' southeast of MCG -01-60-018 = PGC 72025.  There were no observations of this object by JH or at Birr Castle.  As his positions were too far south in the previous two objects in the sweep, this is a reasonable identification.  MCG doesn't label this galaxy as NGC 7725.  The RNGC misidentifies MCG -01-60-011 as NGC 7725.  This galaxy is located 3.0 min of RA west and 17' south of the NGC position.

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NGC 7726 = UGC 12721? = MCG +04-55-040 = CGCG 476-098 = PGC 72024

23 39 11.9 +27 06 55; Peg

V = 14.1;  Size 1.5'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.8;  PA = 60°

 

17.5" (8/8/91): very faint, small, elongated 3:2 WSW-ENE, weak concentration.  A mag 11 star is 2.6' SW.  Located 10.7' NE of NGC 7720 in AGC 2634.  NGC 7728 lies 11' E and CGCG 476-095 is 11' NW.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7726 = Sw. 4-98 on 8 Aug 1886 and reported "eeeF; pS; R; e diff.; pB * nr foll; 6218 [NGC 7728] nr north following but is not little but very elongated."  There is nothing at his position (14' east-southeast of NGC 7720), but the number probably applies to one of the galaxies within the galaxy cluster Abell 2634.

 

Harold Corwin suggests NGC 7726 = UGC 12721, though notes some inconsistencies.  Swift's position is 19 seconds of RA east and 8' south of this galaxy.  Swift mentions a "pB* nr foll".  A mag 9 star is due east, but it follows by 9'.  Also a mag 10 star is only 2.6' southwest of UGC 12721 and it seems likely this star would have been noted instead.  On the other hand, NGC 7728 is 11' east-northeast in agreement with the description, though it certainly doesn't appear "very elongated".  Corwin was unable to find another more likely candidate, so this identification is very uncertain.

 

The RNGC and RC3 misidentifies IC 5342 as NGC 7726. This galaxy is just 2.5' southeast of NGC 7720.  I called NGC 7726 nonexistent in RNGC Corrections #4, but my comments were revised in RNGC Corrections #6.

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NGC 7727 = Arp 222 = VV 67 = MCG -02-60-008 = LGG 480-003 = PGC 72060

23 39 54.2 -12 17 31; Aqr

V = 10.6;  Size 4.7'x3.5';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 35°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): fairly bright, moderately large, oval 4:3 E-W, very bright core, almost stellar nucleus, large fainter halo.  Forms a pair with NGC 7724 12' NW. 

 

13.1" (10/10/84): moderately bright, bright core, faint stellar nucleus, faint outer halo, slightly elongated.  Forms a pair with NGC 7724.

 

8" (8/28/81): faint, moderately large, round, bright core.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7727 = H. I-111 = h2262 on 27 Nov 1785 (sweep 478) and recorded "pB; pL; bM; iR."  His position is unusually accurate.  d'Arrest made two observations, measured an accurate position, and gave the diameter as 37"-42".

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NGC 7728 = UGC 12727 = MCG +04-55-041 = CGCG 476-103 = PGC 72064

23 40 00.8 +27 08 01; Peg

V = 13.1;  Size 1.0'x0.8';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 75°

 

17.5" (8/8/91): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated WSW-ENE, bright core, stellar nucleus.  Located 2.3' NE of a mag 10 star in AGC 2634.  Forms a pair with PGC 85623 = 2MASX J23400320+2710014 2.5' NNE.  UGC 12721 lies 11' W.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7728 on 16 Feb 1862 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.  His mean position (measured on 3 nights) is just off the south side of the galaxy and he mentions the nearby 9th magnitude star (9 seconds of RA west).  Stephan made an observation on 2 Oct 1869.

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NGC 7729 = UGC 12730 = MCG +05-55-046 = CGCG 497-047 = PGC 72083

23 40 33.7 +29 11 17; Peg

V = 13.5;  Size 1.9'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 7°

 

17.5" (7/30/92): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 N-S, 1.2'x0.4', small bright core.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7729 = St. 13-97 on 17 Oct 1882 and recorded "eF; S, irr elongated SSW to NNE. Small star (or nucleus) eccentrically placed to the south."  His published position (list 13, #97) was reduced on 5 Oct 1883 and is accurate.

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NGC 7730 = ESO 606-002 = MCG -04-55-022 = PGC 72094

23 40 45.9 -20 30 32; Aqr

V = 14.0;  Size 0.9'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 134°

 

18" (11/22/08): very faint, very small, round, 15" diameter (viewed core only?), weak concentration.  Located 8' WSW of a mag 9.6 HD 222507.  The NGC identification with this galaxy is uncertain due to Tempel's poor position and description ("pretty bright").

 

Wilhelm Tempel discovered NGC 7730 = T. 1-56 in 1876 with the 11" refractor at the Arcetri Observatory and recorded "Nebula, good class II, elongated, 2' dia; no known star in the vicinity."  There is nothing at his very rough position (RA to the nearest minute and marked +/-) in his first list (AN 2212).  The GC Supplement and NGC position, though, is about 50 seconds further east based on a position communicated directly to Dreyer.  Herbert Howe reported he unsuccessfully searched for this object on two nights in 1898-99.

 

The ESO identifies ESO 606-002 = MCG -04-55-22 as NGC 7730.  This galaxy is 17' south and 36 seconds west of his "corrected" position. Furthermore, with a magnitude of B_t = 14.8 this galaxy is pretty faint, so I doubt Tempel would refer to it as a "good [Herschel] class II".  Harold Corwin was unable, though, to find another suitable candidate.  See his notes.

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NGC 7731 = UGC 12737 = MCG +00-60-034 = CGCG 381-025 = Holm 813b = LGG 482-001 = PGC 72128

23 41 29.1 +03 44 24; Psc

V = 13.5;  Size 1.4'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.9

 

48" (10/26/16): at 610x; bright, moderately large, slightly elongated E-W, 1.0'x0.8', well concentrated with a slightly elongated bright core SW-NE and a sharp, very bright stellar nucleus!  Situated just 1.3' W of a distracting mag 11 star.  Forms a striking pair with NGC 7732 1.5' SE.

 

24" (11/24/14): fairly faint, fairly small.  Sharply concentrated with a brighter "bar" oriented SW-NE within a very faint halo increasing the size to ~30".  A mag 11 star is 1.3' E and NGC 7732 is  1.5' SE.

 

IC 1504 lies 17' NNW and appeared fairly faint, fairly small.  Sharply concentrated with a brighter "bar" oriented SW-NE in a very faint halo increasing the size to ~30".  A mag 11 star is 1.3' E

 

17.5" (11/30/91): fairly faint, small, elongated 3:2 ~SW-NE, small bright core.  A mag 11 star is 1.3' E.  Forms a close pair with NGC 7732 1.4' SE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7731 = m 588, along with NGC 7732, on 27 Oct 1864 and noted "F, S."

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NGC 7732 = UGC 12738 = MCG +00-60-035 = CGCG 381-026 = Holm 813a = LGG 482-002 = PGC 72131 = Zwicky's Pierced Galaxy =

23 41 33.9 +03 43 30; Psc

V = 13.8;  Size 1.9'x0.6';  Surf Br = 13.8;  PA = 96°

 

48" (10/26/16): at 610x; fairly bright, fairly large, very elongated 3:1 or 7:2 E-W, 1.4'x0.4'.  There was no brighter core in the central region but the galaxy was asymmetric, appearing wider and brighter on the west end [SDSS shows a series of blue HII knots].  At 697x, the western end was mottled and occasionally appeared to bulge out a bit to the south on the southwest side.

 

24" (11/24/14): faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 E-W, ~35"x14", low even surface brightness.  Forms a pair with NGC 7731 1..5' NW.  A mag 11 star is 1' due north.

 

17.5" (11/30/91): very faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 E-W, low even surface brightness.  Located just 1.0' S of a mag 11 star.  Forms a close pair with NGC 7731 1.4' NW.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7732 = m 589, along with NGC 7731, on 27 Oct 1864 and noted "vF, pL."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7733 = ESO 110-022 = AM 2339-661 = PGC 72177

23 42 33.0 -65 57 23; Tuc

V = 13.6;  Size 1.3'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 107°

 

25" (10/15/17 - OzSky): at 244x and 397x; fairly faint, fairly small, roundish, 35" diameter.  Very weak, if any, concentration.  Forms a close interacting pair with slightly brighter NGC 7734 1.25' NE.  Located 25' NE of mag 6.9 HD 222272.  On the DSS and Arp-Madore images, both galaxies are highly disturbed.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7733 = h4001, along with NGC 7734, on 2 Nov 1834 and logged "eF; S; R; the p of 2; pos from the other = 210°."

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NGC 7734 = ESO 110-023 = AM 2339-661 = PGC 72183

23 42 42.9 -65 56 41; Tuc

V = 13.1;  Size 1.4'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.5;  PA = 119°

 

25" (10/15/17 - OzSky): at 244x and 397x; moderately bright, roundish, ~45" diameter. Contains a relatively large, slightly brighter central region. NGC 7734 is the slightly brighter of a close 1.25' pair with NGC 7733 off the southwest side.  The outer halo of the two galaxies are separated by roughly 30".

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7734 = h4002, along with NGC 7733, on 2 Nov 1834 and recorded "eF; S; R; 25"; the following and largest of 2."

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NGC 7735 = UGC 12744 = MCG +04-55-046 = CGCG 476-115 = PGC 72165

23 42 17.3 +26 13 54; Peg

V = 13.6;  Size 1.3'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.7;  PA = 90°

 

17.5" (9/23/89): faint, small, very small bright core, faint halo.  A mag 13 star is off the NE edge 34" from center and a mag 15 star is at the SW edge 21" from center.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7735 = h2263 on 5 Sep 1828 and recorded "vF; a star 14m with a nebulous branch extended towards the star, and on its south preceding side; position from the star by diagram = 250° or 260° [WSW].  This disagrees with my Father's description of II. 208 [NGC 7741], which is said to be south following a star, but this may be a mistake for south preceding; but then the RA disagrees 2m and PD 6'.  It can hardly, therefore, be the same object."  His position matches UGC 12744.  UGC and MCG fail to label this galaxy as NGC 7735, though it is correctly labeled in the CGCG.

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NGC 7736 = ESO 606-005 = MCG -03-60-010 = PGC 72173

23 42 25.8 -19 27 08; Aqr

V = 12.9;  Size 1.7'x1.5';  Surf Br = 13.8

 

17.5" (10/21/95): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 45" diameter.  Even concentration to a small bright core and a faint stellar nucleus with direct vision.  Located 7.8' SE of mag 8.3 SAO 165838.  A mag 14 star lies 1.8' NNW and a mag 13.5 star 2.9' SSE.

 

Ormond Stone discovered NGC 7736 = LM 1-265 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at Leander McCormick Observatory.  He reported "mag 15.0; eS; gradually brighter in the middle; bet 2 st 12m."  His rough position (nearest min of RA) is just 15 seconds of RA too large.  This galaxy is between two mag 14 stars 1.8' NNW and 2.9' SSE so the identification is certain. Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1897-98 with the 20" refractor at the Chamberlin Observatory in Denver.

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NGC 7737 = UGC 12745 = MCG +04-55-048 = CGCG 476-118 = PGC 72182

23 42 46.4 +27 03 11; Peg

V = 13.8;  Size 1.0'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 147°

 

24" (12/8/20): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, 0.6'x0.35', gradually increases to the center. CGCG 476-117, situated 3' NW, appeared faint, slightly elongated, 24"x20".   Outlying member of AGC 2666.

 

17.5" (9/23/89): faint, small, slightly elongated NW-SE, weak concentration at the center.  A mag 11 star is 2.7' NE.  Pair with CGCG 476-117 3' NW ("very faint and small, oval NNW-SSE.")

 

Guillaume Bigourdan discovered NGC 7737 = Big. 98 on 3 Oct 1886.  His position is accurate although CGCG does not identify this galaxy as NGC 7737.

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NGC 7738 = NGC 7739? = UGC 12757 = MCG +00-60-038 = CGCG 381-033 = PGC 72247

23 44 02.1 +00 31 00; Psc

V = 13.1;  Size 1.9'x1.4';  Surf Br = 14.0;  PA = 80°

 

17.5" (11/2/91): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, brighter core.  NGC 7739 lies 14' SE.

 

Gaspare Ferrari discovered NGC 7738, along with NGC 7739, on 20 Dec 1865 using the 9.5-inch refractor at the College Romain as an assistant to Secchi.  He reported finding these while searching for Biela's Comet, which was lost after 1852, and simply noted as "vF. The 7th [NGC 7739] is near to the south."  The single position in AN 66, 161 (1866) is 30 seconds of RA west of UGC 12757.  Dreyer also observed this galaxy in 1877 at Birr Castle, though misidentified NGC 7738 with a star.  The nearest galaxy to the south is CGCG 381-038, 14' south-southeast.  Edward Fath reported ("A Study of Nebulae", 1914) that NGC 7738 and 7739 were not found on plates taken with the 60-inch at Mt Wilson in 1909-12

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NGC 7739 = CGCG 381-038 = PGC 72272

23 44 30.1 +00 19 14; Psc

V = 14.0;  Size 0.9'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.7

 

18" (10/25/03): faint, small, irregularly round, 0.6'x0.5', weak concentration with a very small, slightly brighter core.  A 9' east-west string of five mag 13-14 stars passes 2' N.  The identifications of NGC 7739 and 7738 (both found by Secchi) are uncertain.

 

Gaspare Ferrari discovered NGC 7739, along with NGC 7738, on 20 Dec 1865 while searching for the lost Comet Biela.  NGC 7739 was simply noted as near south of NGC 7738, but the nearest galaxy is CGCG 381-038, 14' south-southeast.  Bigourdan couldn't recover NGC 7739 and it was not found on Heidelberg or Mt Wilson plates.

 

RC3 identifies CGCG 381-038 as NGC 7739, although this is very uncertain due to the large separation.  UGC identifies UGC 12757 = NGC 7738 = NGC 7739.  RNGC classifies NGC 7739 as nonexistent.

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NGC 7740 = CGCG 476-123 = WBL 723-004 = PGC 72216

23 43 32.3 +27 18 43; Peg

V = 13.9;  Size 0.9'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 140°

 

24" (12/8/20): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 30"x15", contains a brighter, roundish core and a faint halo.  Outlyng member of AGC 2666.

 

Several sources misidentify CGCG 476-122, located 4.4' NE as NGC 7740.  CGCG 476-122 was faint; small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, 20"x10", contains a brighter nucleus with a low surface brightness disc.  A mag 13.0 star is 0.6' SW of center and a mag 15.5 star is just off the NE tip.

 

UGC 12746, located 10' W, is an extremely faint and thin ghostly streak, only occasionally visible 2.5' SSE of a 30" pair of mag 11 stars.

 

17.5" (9/23/89): very faint, very small, round.  CGCG 476-120 lies 14' NW.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7740 = Big. 99 on 4 Oct 1869.  His unpublished notebook position is just 1' NE of CGCG 476-123, though he didn't include this galaxy in his discovery lists.  Perhaps he felt it was another observation of NGC 7747, which he also discovered ~27' E.  Guillaume Bigourdan discovered NGC 7740 again on 27 Oct 1886 and measured an accurate position.  Dreyer only credited Bigourdan with the discovery in the NGC.

 

RNGC, CGCG and PGC misidentify CGCG 476-122 as NGC 7740.  This galaxy is situated 4.3' northwest of CGCG 476-123 and was not seen in my 17.5".  Furthermore, MCG misidentifies UGC 12746, an edge-on, as NGC 7740.  It's situated 10' WSW of NGC 7740.

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NGC 7741 = UGC 12754 = MCG +04-55-050 = CGCG 476-125 = PGC 72237

23 43 54.0 +26 04 34; Peg

V = 11.3;  Size 4.4'x3.0';  Surf Br = 13.9;  PA = 170°

 

48" (11/4/21): at 375x, very bright and large, low surface brightness halo elongated nearly 3:2 N-S, ~3.5' in length.  The northern halo just reaches a wide pair [24"] a mag 10/12 pair at the NNW end.

 

The galaxy is dominated by a very bright, well defined E-W bar, extending ~0.8'x15".  A fairly low contrast, broad spiral arm is attached at the west end. It shoots south (perpendicular to the bar) a short distance and merges into the inner halo. Only the root of the eastern arm was seen. Although the two arms quickly become indistinct, they blend into a slightly enhanced glow surrounding the bar, forming an oval N-S ring (the bar defines the minor axis), with dimmer regions to the north and south of the bar!

 

24" (8/30/16): at 226x; bright, fairly large, dominated by a central bar extending at least 3:1 E-W, ~45"x15".  A very low surface brightness arm is attached at the west end of the bar and extends to the south.  The corresponding arm extending north on the east end was less obvious and only marginally glimpsed.  The arms blend into a low surface brightness halo at least 2' in diameter.  A nice mag 9.8/12 double star is off the NW side 2' from center.

 

13.1" (9/9/83): faint, moderately large, diffuse, elongated ~N-S.  A pretty double star mag 9/11 at 24" is just off the north edge 2' from center and interferes with viewing.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7741 = H. II-208 = St. 12-95 on 10 Sep 1784 (sweep 264) and recorded "F, cL, R, brightest in the middle; the brightness diminishing by very gradual shades, sf a star (of the 10 or 11 magnitude by memory)."  His position was too far 4' northwest.  Heinrich d'Arrest observed the galaxy on 6 nights (first on 1 Sep 1864), noted the error in Herschel's position, and accurately measured the offset to the double star off the northwest side.

 

Édouard Stephan observed NGC 7741 on 2 Oct 1869, 27 Sep 1873 and 15 Sep 1876 (likely already aware).  He measured an accurate micrometric position on 25 Oct 1881 with description "eF, fairly large, irr oval, elong E to W, two points of condensation."  In the remarks section at the end of the his 12th discovery list, Stephan notes his entry was identical to GC 5005 [NGC 7741], but Herschel's position was poor.  Perhaps while preparing his manuscript, he read d'Arrest's observations and added the comment or perhaps he inserted it in the table just to provide an accurate position.  The 10 Dec 1873 observation at Birr Castle reads "cB, L, mE 108°, much diffused neby south and following, which Lord Rosse suspected to be divided into branching [spiral] arms."  d'Arrest and Stephan were listed as "Other Observers" in the NGC.

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NGC 7742 = UGC 12760 = MCG +02-60-010 = CGCG 432-023 = PGC 72260

23 44 15.7 +10 46 01; Peg

V = 11.6;  Size 1.7'x1.7';  Surf Br = 12.7

 

17.5" (10/28/89): moderately bright, moderately large, round, bright core.  A mag 12 star is 1.1' ESE of center (outside halo).

 

8" (9/25/81 and 8/16/82): faint, small, round, small bright nucleus.  A mag 12 star is very close east.  NGC 7743 lies 50' S.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7742 = H. II-255 = h2264 on 18 Oct 1784 (sweep 297) and recorded "pB, pS, R, bM, r."  He swept up the galaxy again on 23 Nov 1785 (sweep 477) and noted "pB, R, gradually brighter in the middle."  John Herschel observed this galaxy on 5 sweeps and logged on 13 Oct 1825 (sweep 14), "B; R; gradually much brighter middle; 60"; has a small * one diameter following."

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NGC 7743 = UGC 12759 = MCG +02-60-011 = CGCG 432-022 = PGC 72263

23 44 21.1 +09 56 03; Peg

V = 11.5;  Size 3.0'x2.6';  Surf Br = 13.6;  PA = 80°

 

17.5" (10/28/89): moderately bright, fairly large, slightly elongated NW-SE, prominent core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 13 star is at the southeast edge 1.0' from center.  A mag 10 star is 2.8' SW.

 

8" (8/16/82): faint, elongated, small bright nucleus, faint halo with averted.  A mag 13 star is off the SE edge.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7743 = H. II-256 = h2265 on 18 Oct 1784 (sweep 297) and logged "R, like the foregoing [NGC 7742], but rather fainter."  His position matches UGC 12759.  John Herschel observed this galaxy on 3 sweeps and noted (sweep 305) "pB; R; pretty suddenly brighter middle; 15"; has a * 15m, dist 1'; pos = 153.8° by micrometer."  Samuel Hunter, LdR's assistant on 10 Sep 1860, commented "Is it connected with the * sf by a branch from the north side of neb?"  This branch is a spiral arm that extends south towards the star on the east side of the galaxy.

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NGC 7744 = IC 5348 = ESO 292-017 = MCG -07-48-017 = AM 2342-431 = PGC 72300

23 44 59.2 -42 54 39; Phe

V = 11.9;  Size 2.2'x1.7';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 105°

 

13.1" (9/3/86): fairly faint, elongated WNW-ESE, broadly concentrated halo, faint extensions.  Located 10' NE of mag 7.8 HD 222838.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7744 = h4003 on 5 Sep 1834 (sweep 489).  He recorded "B; S; lE; very small much brighter middle to a star."  His mean position from 3 sweeps is accurate.  Despite a good NGC position, Lewis Swift found the galaxy again at Echo Mountain on 23 Sep 1897, assumed it was new and reported it in list XI, #235 (later IC 5348) as "eF; eS; R."  His RA as 17 seconds too small and along with a significantly different description, Dreyer recatalogued it as IC 5348.  Harold Corwin notes there are no other nearby galaxies that Swift might have picked up instead.  So, NGC 7744 = IC 5348.

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NGC 7745 = MCG +04-56-004 = PGC 72299

23 44 45.8 +25 54 32; Peg

V = 14.5;  Size 0.7'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.6

 

17.5" (12/16/95): extremely faint, very small, round, 20" diameter.  Appeared as a very low surface brightness spot that required averted vision.  Collinear with a wide pair of mag 13/14 stars 3.0' and 4.0' NW of center.  Located 15' SE of NGC 7741.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7745 = m 590 on 6 Sep 1863 and measured an accurate position.  MCG (+04-56-004) fails to use the NGC designation and as a result the RNGC doesn't reference the MCG.

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NGC 7746 = UGC 12768 = MCG +00-60-043 = CGCG 381-040 = PGC 72319

23 45 20.0 -01 41 06; Psc

V = 13.1;  Size 1.4'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 160°

 

48" (10/29/16): fairly bright, moderately large, well concentrated with a bright core and a very bright quasi-stellar nucleus.  The halo is oval 3:2 NNW-SSE, ~45"x30".  A 6" (uncatalogued) double star is 2.3' SSE (recorded as a single star in 17.5" observation).  Two 16th mag stars 1.5' and 2.5' NW are collinear with the galaxy.  Shakhbazian 21, a distant compact galaxy cluster (1 billion l.y.), is 22' ESE.

 

17.5": fairly faint, small, round, small bright core.  In line with three mag 14 stars oriented E-W 2.5' W and 2.2' E of center.  A mag 12.5 star is 2.3' SSE.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7746 = Sw. 4-99 on 7 Sep 1886 and logged "eF; pS; R; * nr south, which with one following and preceding forms a double triangle."  His RA is 7 seconds too small (1.5'), but there is no question with the identification.

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NGC 7747 = UGC 12772 = MCG +04-56-005 = CGCG 477-003 = PGC 72328

23 45 32.3 +27 21 39; Peg

V = 13.6;  Size 1.5'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 36°

 

24" (12/8/20): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 SW-NE, ~45"x18", contains a very elongated "bar" in the central part of the major axis. A mag 13.2 star is 2' NE.  CGCG 477-004, situated 3.5' ESE, was pretty faint, small, round, 24" diameter, nearly even surface brightness.  Outlying member of AGC 2666.

 

17.5" (9/23/89): faint, small, very elongated or edge-on SW-NE, weak concentration. Forms a pair with CGCG 477-004 3.6' ESE.  The companion was very faint and small, slightly elongated.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7747 = St. 5-14 on 4 Sep 1872 and logged a rough position 7' to the W.  His published measure (list 5, #14) was taken on 23 Sep 1873 with description "very faint and small; roundish; with an eccentric condensation."  His position was off in RA by 10 seconds and 2.5' in dec.  Emmanuel's Esmiol's re-reduction in 1916 is off by only 3 seconds of RA.

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NGC 7748 = SAO 20818

23 44 56.7 +69 45 18; Cep

V = 7.2

 

= *7.2 SAO 20818.  = "Not found", Carlson and Curtis.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7748 = h2266 on 16 Nov 1829 and noted "about a * 8m is a very extensive space which I am certain is affected with nebulosity."  At his exact position is mag 7 HD 222958, and there is no nebulosity seen on the DSS.  Based on photographs with the Crossley reflector at Lick, Heber Curtis reported (1913), "Does not exist; absolutely no trace in exposure of 130 min."  Interestingly, Karl Reinmuth reported a Heidelberg plate showed "*6.8 BD+68 1393 with F L halo.".  Dorothy Carlson noted "not found" in her 1940 NGC/IC correction list.

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NGC 7749 = ESO 471-009 = MCG -05-56-003 = PGC 72338

23 45 47.6 -29 31 04; Scl

V = 12.8;  Size 1.6'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 28°

 

17.5" (12/16/95): faint, fairly small, irregularly round, 1.0' diameter, only a broad weak concentration.  A mag 12.5 star is 1.3' following.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7749 = h4004 on 27 Sep 1834 and recorded "F; S; R; gradually little brighter middle; has a * 12m 1' dist following."

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NGC 7750 = UGC 12777 = MCG +01-60-034 = CGCG 407-056 = LGG 482-003 = PGC 72367

23 46 37.9 +03 47 59; Psc

V = 12.9;  Size 1.6'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 171°

 

17.5" (11/30/91): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, broad concentration.  A mag 11 star is 3.2' ESE and a mag 10 star is 5.8' SE of center.  Located 20' N of the deep red variable 19 = TX Piscium.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7750 = H. III-427 = h2267 on 30 Aug 1785 (sweep 427) and recorded "vF, S, lE nearly in the meridian."  John Herschel made 3 observations, first logging it (sweep 94) as "Not eF; pL; R; little brighter in the middle."  CGCG fails to label this galaxy as NGC 7750.

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NGC 7751 = UGC 12778 = MCG +01-60-035 = CGCG 407-057 = PGC 72381

23 46 58.3 +06 51 42; Psc

V = 12.8;  Size 1.0'x1.0';  Surf Br = 12.6

 

13.1" (11/29/86): faint, small, irregularly round, brighter core.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7751 = H. III-437 = h2269 on 27 Sep 1785 (sweep 442) and logged "eF, vS, er, resembles a patch of stars.  240x confirmed it."  His RA is 30 tsec east of UGC 12778 and JH's RA is 1.0 tmin too large.  The NGC position (from d'Arrest) is accurate.

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NGC 7752 = Arp 86 NED1 = VV 5b = UGC 12779 = MCG +05-56-004 = CGCG 498-009 = Mrk 1134 = Holm 816b = IV Zw 165 = PGC 72382

23 46 58.5 +29 27 32; Peg

V = 14.3;  Size 0.8'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 113°

 

48" (10/28/19): at 375x and 542x; bright, elongated 2:1 WNW-ESE, 0.6'x0.35', irregular shape, large bright core that bulges at the center.  Situated at the end of the western spiral arm of NGC 7753 [2.0' SW of center].

 

18" (7/14/07): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 WNW-ENE, 0.5'x0.3', even surface brightness.  Fainter of a double system (attached at end of spiral arm) with NGC 7753 just 2' NE.  A mag 14 star lies between the two galaxies

 

13.1" (9/22/84): faint, very small, elongated ~E-W.  Forms a close pair with brighter NGC 7753 2' NE.  A mag 14 star is 1.2' NE of center and situated between the galaxies.

 

R.J. Mitchell, Lord Rosse's assistant, discovered NGC 7752 on 22 Nov 1854 while observing NGC 7753.   He mentioned that "south preceding [NGC 7753] is a vS oblong nebula, resolvable?"  It was observed again in 1857, but no offset or sketch was made.  Heinrich d'Arrest discovered this galaxy again on 24 Sep 1865, though confused the orientation and placed NGC 7752 1.5' north of NGC 7753, instead of 1.6' south.  As a result the relative positions in the NGC are incorrect.

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NGC 7753 = Arp 86 NED2 = VV 5a = UGC 12780 = MCG +05-56-005 = CGCG 498-010 = Holm 816a = PGC 72387

23 47 04.8 +29 29 00; Peg

V = 12.0;  Size 3.3'x2.1';  Surf Br = 14.0;  PA = 50°

 

48" (10/28/19): at 375x and 542x; very bright and large spiral, with the main body about 2' diameter (slightly elongated SW-NE), but the tidally stretched arm that wrapped towards NGC 7752 increased the length to at least 2.6'.  Strongly concentrated with a bright core that increased to an intense nucleus.  A faint star (mag 16.5?) was visible close southwest of the nucleus.

 

A spiral arm is connected to the east side of the core, though wasn't separated initially from the central region. It rotated sharply clockwise to the north, and was well defined as it passed directly through a mag 15 star on the north side of the halo. The arm faded as it separated away from the center and gradually curved south on the west side of the galaxy.  The arm faded out just east of a mag 16.9 star [1.7' SW of center], before reaching companion NGC 7752, 2.0' SW of center.

 

The southern spiral arm emerged from the east or northeast side of the core.  It curled tightly clockwise to the south and passed barely inside a mag 14.5 star.  The arm was brightest in a strip near this star and then faded as it rotated to the east side of the galaxy.

 

18" (7/14/07): moderately bright, moderately large, slightly elongated, ~1.5'x1.3', broad concentration with a relatively large, brighter core that is also elongated.  A mag 14 star is near the SW edge, less than 1' from center and a mag 15 star is on the NW side.  Brighter of a close pair (Arp 86) with NGC 7752 2' SW.

 

13.1" (9/22/84): fairly faint, moderately large, weak concentration.  A mag 14 star is 0.9' SW of center.  Forms a close pair with NGC 7752 2.0' SSW.  This is a M51-type system (Arp 86) with NGC 7752 attached at the end of a spiral arm.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7753 = H. II-213 = h2268 on 12 Sep 1784 (sweep 267) and logged "F; pL; little brighter middle; a longish round." John Herschel reported "pF; L; very gradually brighter middle; 70"; r."  Both Herschels missed the fainter companion.

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NGC 7754 = MCG -03-60-021 = PGC 72511

23 49 11.2 -16 36 02; Aqr

V = 14.5;  Size 0.6'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.5;  PA = 128°

 

17.5" (9/26/92): extremely faint, very small, slightly elongated.  Two stars mag 13.5 and 15.0 are 1.5' S.  Forms a pair with NGC 7759 5.5' NW.  NGC 7763 lies 18' E.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7754 = LM 1-266, along with NGC 7759, on 28 Nov 1885.  He simply recorded "mag 16.0 [NGC 7759 is listed at mag 14.0], vS". There is nothing at Leavenworth's rough position (nearest min of RA), but 1.5 min of RA due east is MCG -03-60-021, placing NGC 7754 east of NGC 7759.  Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1899-00.  Probably due to Leavenworth's inaccurate RA, the identifications of NGC 7754 and NGC 7759 are reversed in the first edition of the Uranometria 2000 Atlas.

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NGC 7755 = ESO 471-020 = MCG -05-56-014 = AM 2345-304 = UGCA 443 = PGC 72444

23 47 51.8 -30 31 19; Scl

V = 11.9;  Size 3.8'x2.9';  Surf Br = 14.3;  PA = 20°

 

17.5" (12/16/95): moderately bright and large, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 2.0'x1.3'.  Fairly low surface brightness halo surrounding a bright 30" rounder core and an occasional stellar nucleus.  A mag 13 star is 2.2' E of center.

 

8" (8/16/82): very faint, moderately large, elongated 3:2 E-W, diffuse.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7755 = h4005 on 27 Sep 1834 and recorded "B; L; R; pretty suddenly much brighter middle; 90" diameter."  His mean position from two consecutive sweeps is fairly accurate.

 

Harold Knox-Shaw first identified this galaxy as an "open spiral" in 1915, based on a photograph taken with the 30" Reynolds reflector at the Helwan Observatory between 1912-14.

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NGC 7756

23 48 28.6 +04 07 31; Psc

 

= * or ** 5' SW of NGC 7757.  Identification uncertain although incorrect identification in the RNGC.

 

Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse, discovered NGC 7756 on 11 Dec 1873 while observing NGC 7757.  Parsons simply mentions "another neb 5' south preceding."  A single mag 11 star is at this offset from NGC 7757 though perhaps he was misled by a pair of faint stars (probably too faint) 4.2' southwest of NGC 7757.  Harold Corwin mentions another possibility is a brighter, 22" pair of mag 14.5/15 stars 5.5' southwest.  In any case, NGC 7756 is probably either a single or double star.  RNGC misidentifies an extremely faint anonymous galaxy located 1' west of NGC 7757 (Arp's "small high surface brightness companion on arm") as NGC 7756 and CGCG equates NGC 7757 with NGC 7756.  Discussed in RNGC Corrections #2.

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NGC 7757 = Arp 68 = UGC 12788 = VV 407 = MCG +01-60-037 = CGCG 407-059 = Holm 817a = LGG 482-004 = LGG 482-005 = PGC 72491

23 48 45.5 +04 10 16; Psc

V = 12.7;  Size 2.5'x1.8';  Surf Br = 14.2;  PA = 115°

 

13.1" (11/29/86): faint, small, round, diffuse, even surface brightness.  Collinear with two mag 12 and 13 stars 1.3' N and 2.5' N, respectively.  Located 13' E of mag 7.7 SAO 128385.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7757 = h2270 on 24 Sep 1830 and recorded "vF; pL; R; very gradually little brighter middle; 40"; a * 13m, 1' N."  His mean position (2 sweeps) is accurate.  On 11 Dec 1873, it was described at Birr Castle as "vF, cL, lE, shaped like an "S" backward."  So, clearly he noticed the brighter spiral arms.  Arp (68) and CGCG misidentify this galaxy as NGC 7756.  See that number.

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NGC 7758 = ESO 606-010 = PGC 72497

23 48 55.2 -22 01 27; Aqr

V = 14.4;  Size 0.7'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 118°

 

17.5" (12/16/95): extremely faint and small, requires averted.  Position verified using GSC chart.  Appears barely nonstellar, ~10" diameter though possibly only the core observed.  Forms a near equilateral triangle with two mag 14 stars 3.1' NNE and 3.6' ENE.

 

Frank Muller discovered NGC 7758 = LM 2-475 in 1886 and reported "mag 15.5; 0.3' dia; irr R; suddenly brighter middle; double star mag 10, north following 50 seconds."  His position is fairly accurate and the double star is HJ 3218.

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NGC 7759 = MCG -03-60-018 = PGC 72496

23 48 54.7 -16 32 28; Aqr

V = 13.7;  Size 1.3'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.8;  PA = 141°

 

24" (8/31/16): at 282x; fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, roundish, sharply concentrated with a bright core that gradually increases to the center.  The 45" outer halo has a low surface brightness.  A mag 14.8 star is 1.6' SSE.  NGC 7759A = MCG -03-60-019 is attached at the east edge of the halo.  The companion appeared extremely faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 WSW-ENE, ~20"x7".

 

17.5" (9/26/92): fairly faint, very small, round, bright core, almost stellar nucleus.  Located 2.8' S of a mag 9.5 star.  Forms a pair with NGC 7754 6' SE.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7759 = LM 1-267, along with NGC 7754, on 28 Nov 1885 and noted "mag 14.0; vS; R."  His rough position falls just 1' south of MCG -03-60-018.  Curiously, his RA is 1 minute larger than NGC 7754, though NGC 7759 is actually west.  The relatively bright mag estimate (14.0) secures this identification.

 

Lewis Swift found the galaxy again in 1886 and communicated the discovery directly to Dreyer, who referenced Swift's 6th discovery list, which was in preparation when the NGC went to press.  But Swift didn't published the rediscovery in either his 6th or later 9th list, possibly due to Leavenworth's earlier discovery.  Howe measured a very accurate micrometric position in 1899-00.  The identifications of NGC 7754 and 7759 are reversed on the Uranometria 2000 Atlas, placing them in RA order.

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NGC 7760 = UGC 12794 = MCG +05-56-008 = CGCG 498-014 = PGC 72512

23 49 11.9 +30 58 59; Peg

V = 13.6;  Size 1.0'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.3

 

17.5" (8/29/92): faint, very small, round, 15" diameter, small brighter core.  Unusual appearance as a mag 12.5 star is attached at the southwest end and the galaxy appears as a small attached knot.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7760 = H. III-854 = h2271 on 9 Oct 1790 (sweep 971).  He recorded "two very small close stars, with seeming nebulosity between them.  360x confirmed it nearly."  He confirmed it with a new eypiece of 17mm focal length.  On sweep 975, he was more certain, "the 2 close stars affected with nebulosity of the 971 sweep.  360x confirmed it."  These two stars are probably the superimposed star on the southwest side and the stellar nucleus (separation about 9").

 

John Herschel made a total of 5 observations and generally recorded this object as a faint double or triple star possibly with nebulosity, though one was clearly the nucleus.

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NGC 7761 = IC 5361 = MCG -02-60-020 = PGC 72641

23 51 28.9 -13 22 54; Aqr

V = 13.1;  Size 1.2'x1.2';  Surf Br = 13.4

 

17.5" (8/29/92): fairly faint, small, round, 1' diameter, very even concentration, small bright core, very symmetrical appearance.  Two brighter stars mag 10 are 3.5' W and 7' WSW.  Located in a field that is strangely devoid of any faint stars.

 

Ormond Stone discovered NGC 7761 = LM 1-268 in 1886 at Leander McCormick Observatory and noted "mag 13.0; vS; R; gradually brighter in the middle; *10 precedes 8.0'."  There is nothing near his rough (nearest min of RA) position, though 2 minutes of time east is MCG -02-60-020 = PGC 72641.  A mag 11 star is 7' west, matching the description, though another mag 11 star is only 3.5' west.

 

Guillaume Bigourdan independently found this galaxy again (Big. 356) on 30 Nov 1891 and measured an accurate position.  Herbert Howe found it a third time on 1 Oct 1897, measured a very accurate micrometric position, and included it in his first discovery list. Dreyer combined Bigourdan and Howe's observations into IC 5361.  So, NGC 7761 = IC 5361.  See Corwin's notes for discussion.

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NGC 7762 = Cr 457 = Mel 244 = Lund 1047

23 50 01 +68 02 18; Cep

Size 11'

 

17.5" (10/13/90): about 100 stars in a 20' field including many mag 12-13 stars.  Very large, fairly coarse but there is a rich region near the center consisting of six tight stars almost on a line oriented NNW-SSE with much haze nearby including a partially resolved clump close north.  A mag 8 star is at the east edge.  Located 15' NE of mag 5.0 SAO 20853. 

 

8" (10/31/81): scattered cluster but one rich subgroup, fairly large, elongated N-S.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7762 = H. VII-55 = h2272 on 23 Nov 1788 (sweep 883).  He described "a cluster of scattered very small stars, irregular figure, pretty rich.  Contains a vacancy in the middle."  A second observation was made the next night.  In his 1814 PT paper he speculated "this appearance may be accounted for by supposing, for instance, three, four or a greater number of preponderating attracting centres near each other, situated so as to enclose a certain space, the stars in which, then, cannot be accumulated, while the clustering power arising from the combined attractions with be exerted on the surrounding stars."  John Herschel logged, "a vL, v coarse, rather poor cluster of *s 11...15m.  The most compressed part taken."

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NGC 7763 = PGC 72565

23 50 15.8 -16 35 24; Aqr

V = 14.3;  Size 0.7'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 158°

 

17.5" (9/26/92): faint, small, round.  A very faint mag 15 star is almost attached on the east side.  Located 18' ENE of NGC 7754.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7763 = LM 1-269 on 28 Nov 1885 and logged "mag 15.0; vS; R; faint star following."  His rough position is just 24 seconds of RA east of PGC 72565.  Herbert Howe noted the "F * f" is mag 13.5, and follows about 2 seconds, a trifle north."  His position (repeated in the IC 2 Notes) is accurate.

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NGC 7764 = ESO 293-004 = MCG -07-48-027 = AM 2348-405 = AM 2348-410 = VV 715 = PGC 72597

23 50 53.6 -40 43 46; Phe

V = 12.2;  Size 1.9'x1.4';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 148°

 

13.1" (9/3/86): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, brighter core.  Located 11' NW of mag 6.7 SAO 231814.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7764 = h4006 on 4 Oct 1836 and noted "B; R; gradually brighter in the middle; 90"."

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NGC 7765 = MCG +04-56-015 = CGCG 477-015 = Holm 818c = PGC 72596

23 50 52.2 +27 09 59; Peg

V = 14.6;  Size 0.7'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.6

 

24" (8/5/13): faint, small, round, 24" diameter, pretty even surface brightness.  Located 1.8' NW of NGC 7768 in the core of AGC 2666.

 

18" (8/26/06): very faint, small, round, 35" diameter, low even surface brightness.  Located 1.7' NW of NGC 7768 and furthest north in a string of 4 galaxies including NGC 7766, NGC 7767 and NGC 7768.

 

17.5" (7/20/90): extremely faint, very small, elongated, very low surface brightness.  Located 1.7' NW of NGC 7768 and 4' W of a mag 10.5 star in the core of AGC 2666.

 

R.J. Mitchell, LdR's assistant, discovered NGC 7765 on 12 Oct 1855 and noted "a little np [NGC 7768] is another neb, vvF."  It is labeled as Gamma in a sketch made on 9 Oct 1872.

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NGC 7766 = MCG +04-56-017 = CGCG 477-018 = Holm 818d = PGC 72611

23 50 55.9 +27 07 35; Peg

V = 15.4;  Size 0.6'x0.1';  PA = 36°

 

24" (8/5/13): very faint to faint, thin edge-on 3:1 SW-NE, 20"x6".  Situated just 1.4' SSW of NGC 7762.  A mag 13 star lies 1.2' NE and a mag 14.5 star is just 0.8' WSW.

 

18" (8/26/06): very faint, very small, appears elongated SW-NE at moments, though only 0.3'x0.2'.  Located only 1.4' SSW of NGC 7768 in the core of AGC 2666.

 

17.5" (7/20/90): extremely faint, very small, round, low even surface brightness, requires averted vision.  A mag 14.5 star is 45" WSW of center.  Located 1.4' SSW of NGC 7768 and 2.3' N of NGC 7767 in the core of AGC 2666.  Extremely faint NGC 7765 lies 2.5' NNW.

 

Ralph Copeland, assistant to the 4th Earl of Rosse, discovered NGC 7766 along with 7767, on 9 Oct 1872.  He labeled it "Delta" in a sketch and measured a separation of 85" SSW from NGC 7768. At this exact offset is CGCG 477-018 = PGC 72611.

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NGC 7767 = UGC 12805 = MCG +04-56-016 = CGCG 477-017 = Holm 818b = PGC 72601

23 50 56.3 +27 05 13; Peg

V = 13.6;  Size 1.0'x0.2';  Surf Br = 11.6;  PA = 142°

 

24" (8/5/13): faint, fairly small, edge-on 4:1 NW-SE, 30"x8".  A mag 12.6 star is just 21" SW of center.  Located on the south side of the core of AGC 2666 with NGC 7766 2.4' N and NGC 7768 (brightest member) 3.7' N.

 

18" (8/26/06): fairly faint, small, elongated 3:1 NW-SE, 0.6'x0.2', very small brighter core.  A mag 12.5 star is just SW of the core.  Second brightest member of AGC 2666 and furthest south in a N-S chain of four NGC galaxies.

 

17.5" (7/20/90): very faint, very small, even surface brightness.  A mag 12 star is just off the west edge 20" from the center.  This is the second brightest galaxy in AGC 2666 with NGC 7768 3.6' N and NGC 7766 2.5' N.

 

Ralph Copeland, assistant to the 4th Earl of Rosse, discovered NGC 7767 along with 7766, on 9 Oct 1872.  He labeled it "Beta" in a diagram and measured a micrometric offset to the mag 12.6 star off the west side.  Harold Corwin notes that Bigourdan's IC 1511 is not identical to NGC 7767, as stated by Karl Reinmuth, CGCG and PGC.  Instead it refers to a single star 1.8' SSE of NGC 7767.

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NGC 7768 = UGC 12806 = MCG +04-56-018 = CGCG 477-019 = Holm 818a = PGC 72605

23 50 58.6 +27 08 51; Peg

V = 12.3;  Size 1.6'x1.3';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 60°

 

24" (8/5/13): the dominant galaxy in AGC 2666 appeared moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 3:2 WSW-ENE, 0.9'x0.6', contains a bright core with a very small brighter nucleus.  A mag 13.5 star is superimposed west of the core, just 13" from the center.  A mag 11 star (GR Peg) lies 2.6' ENE.  NGC 7768 is surrounded by a number of faint galaxies including a N-S string of 4 galaxies to the north (with an additional 3 nearby).  Another group of 3 or 4 galaxies (including NGC 7765, 7766, and 7767) are also arranged in a N-S string close west, so most of the cluster is in a 12' chain oriented north-south.

 

CGCG 477-020 is very faint, very thin edge-on 4:1 NW-SE, 24"x6".  Located 4.3' N of NGC 7768 and southernmost in a string of four galaxies extending 4' N with PGC 72606 next at 1.3' N.  PGC 62606 is extremely faint to very faint, very small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 15"x8".  PGC 72608, just 1.1' further NNE, is very faint, very small, round, 12" diameter.  Finally, PGC 72609, an additional 1.9' N, is very faint, very small, round, 12" diameter.  CGCG 477-016, 3' due W of PGC 72609, is faint to fairly faint, fairly small, round, 24" diameter.  Slightly larger and brighter than most members of the cluster.  This is a rare collisional ring galaxy but was too faint to see any structure.

 

18" (8/26/06): by far the brightest member of AGC 2666.  At 220x appeared moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated, ~1.0'x0.8', very small bright core.  A mag 13.5 star is attached at the west edge.  Located 2.5' WSW of mag 10.5 GR Pegasi.  Several fainter NGC galaxies are strung out along a N-S line including NGC 7768.

 

CGCG 477-020, 4.3' N of NGC 7768, is extremely faint, small, elongated 2:1 in the direction of a mag 12 star 1.3' SE, 0.5'x0.25'.  PGC 72608, 6.6' N of NGC 7768, is extremely faint and small, round, 15" diameter.  PGC 72609, 8.5' due N of NGC 7768, is very faint, very small, round, 15" diameter.  CGCG 477-016, just 3' to the west, is very faint, small, round, 25" diameter.  Collinear with three mag 11-13 stars extending 9' to the SE.

 

17.5" (11/6/99): the brightest member of AGC 2666 is faint, small, round.  A mag 14 star is attached at the west end of the halo.  Appears slightly elongated WSW-ENE, 35"x25".  Located 2.6' SW of mag 10.5-11.0 GR Peg.  A mag 13 star lies 1.1' SE of center.  The unusual collisional ring galaxy MCG +04-56-014 lies 9' N and a number of very faint NGC galaxies are nearby.

 

17.5" (7/20/90): fairly faint, small, round, fairly high surface brightness.  A mag 13.5 star is at the west end 12" from the center.  This is the brightest galaxy in AGC 2666 with NGC 7767 3.6' S, NGC 7765 1.7' NW, NGC 7766 1.4' SSW.  Also MCG +04-56-019 lies 4.3' N (not seen).  Located 2.6' WSW of a mag 10.5 star (GR Peg = 10.4-11.0).

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7768 = h2273 on 5 Sep 1828 and recorded "vF; S; irreg fig; appears by glimpses to contain a vF double *, but it *is* a nebula."  His single position is accurate, although he missed the fainter nearby members of the cluster that were discovered at Birr Castle.

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NGC 7769 = UGC 12808 = MCG +03-60-030 = CGCG 455-054 = KTG 82A = Holm 820c = LGG 483-001 = PGC 72615

23 51 04.0 +20 09 01; Peg

V = 12.0;  Size 1.7'x1.6';  Surf Br = 12.9

 

24" (10/5/13): at 260x; bright, fairly large, round, 1.6' diameter, sharply concentrated with a very bright core and stellar nucleus.  The low surface brightness outer halo (spiral arms) is slightly elongated and gradually fades out.  Brightest in a trio (KTG 82) with NGC 7770 and 7771 (1' pair) both 4.5' SE.

 

17.5" (8/31/86): bright, moderately large, round, 1.5' diameter, brighter core, sharp stellar nucleus.  A mag 13 star is 2.1' SSW.  This galaxy is the brightest in a compact quartet with the NGC 7770/NGC 7771 pair 5' ESE and CGCG 455-055 6' NNE.

 

13.1" (9/9/83): fairly bright, moderately large, round, bright core.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7769 = H. II-230 = h2274, along with NGC 7771, on 18 Sep 1784 (sweep 277).  His desription reads, "F, pL, R, bM, r."  On 13 Nov 1786 (sweep 635) he wrote, "cB, pL, iF, mbM."  John Herschel reported "pB; S; R; bM; the np of two [with NGC 7771]."

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NGC 7770 = UGC 12813 = MCG +03-60-034 = CGCG 455-057 = KTG 82B = Holm 820b = PGC 72635

23 51 22.5 +20 05 47; Peg

V = 13.8;  Size 0.8'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.1

 

24" (10/5/13): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 5:3 SSW-NNE, 0.5'x0.3', contains a small bright core.  Forms a close pair with much larger NGC 7771, 1.1' NNE.

 

17.5" (8/31/86): fairly faint, slightly elongated, brighter core.  Forms a double system with much brighter NGC 7771 just 1.1' NNE in the NGC 7769 group.

 

13.1" (9/9/83): very faint, very small, round.  Forms a close pair with NGC 7771 1' SSE.

 

William Herschel noticed NGC 7770 on 18 Sep 1784 (sweep 277) during his discovery of NGC 7771.  He commented, "towards the sp part [of NGC 7771] seems to be a vS stellar nebula within the nebulosity of the large one, but it may be only a small star."  Due to his uncertainty Caroline didn't assign NGC 7770 an internal discovery number and he did not receive later credit.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7770 again on 25 Aug 1827 while observing NGC 7771 (he was apparently already aware of its possible existence).  His description from 25 Aug 1827 (sweep 91) reads, "pB; E; bM; has a vS almost stellar nebula about 45° sp, dist 40"."  On the next night, he made a sketch and noted "... has a smaller neb, 60° sp, 35" dist."  Wolfgang Steinicke mentions that John Herschel used object class "N2" (two nebulae), so it's surprising he didn't assign NGC 7770 a separate designation in his Slough or General Catalog.  As a result, JH wasn't credited either in the GC or NGC.

 

Bindon Blood Stoney, Lord Rosse's assistant, discovered NGC 7770 again on 5 Nov 1850 while observing NGC 7769 and 7771.  A diagram of the trio is in the 1861 publication (NGC 7770 is labeled Gamma). A more accurate sketch from 1855 is on plate V of the 1880 publication.  Lord Rosse was credited with the discovery in the GC and NGC.

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NGC 7771 = UGC 12815 = MCG +03-60-035 = CGCG 455-058 = KTG 82C = Holm 820a = LGG 483-002 = PGC 72638

23 51 24.8 +20 06 42; Peg

V = 12.3;  Size 2.5'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 68°

 

24" (10/5/13): bright, fairly large, very elongated 3:1 WSW-ENE, 2.0'x0.7', moderate concentration with a large, elongated core that gradually increases to the center.  Largest in the KTG 82 triplet with NGC 7770 1.1' SSW and NGC 7769 5.4' NW.

 

17.5" (8/31/86): fairly bright, pretty lens-shape 2:1 WSW-ENE, 1.4'x 0.7', bright core, possible faint stellar nucleus.  A mag 12.5 star lies 2.1 ENE of center. Forms a close pair with NGC 7770 1.1' SW of center.  NGC 7769 lies 5' WNW.

 

13.1" (9/9/83): fairly bright, very elongated WSW-ENE.  In a trio with faint NGC 7770 just 1' SW and similarly bright NGC 7769 5' NW.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7771 = H. II-231 = h2275, along with NGC 7769, on 18 Sep 1784 (sweep 277).  His description reads, "F, pL, elongated in the direction of the parallel [E-W], towards the [southwest] part seems to be a very small stellar nebula within the nebulosity of the large one, but it may be only a small star."  The "very small stellar nebula" is probably NGC 7770, though it wasn't catalogued separated.  He observed NGC 7771 again on 13 Nov 1786 (sweep 635) and noted "cB, pL , lE,  mbM." but missed NGC 7770.

 

John Herschel made two observations on 25 and 26 Aug 1827 (sweeps 91 and 92).  In both observations he noted the small nebula (NGC 7770) on the SW side at a separation of 35" to 40".

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NGC 7772 = Lund 1049 = OCL-230

23 51 46 +16 14 54; Peg

Size 5'

 

13.1" (9/29/84): small group of 7 stars from mag 11.5-14.5.  The two brightest stars are at the southwest and north end.  The other five stars are arranged in a distinctive "V" asterism with a vertex and open to the east.  This group is considered an unrelated asterism based on GAIA DR2 data.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7772 = h2276 on 7 Oct 1825 and noted "a cluster of scattered stars 10m."  His position matches this small, well detached group of 7 stars.  The status as a true cluster is questionable.  Harold Corwin notes this is one of JH's earliest discoveries, found on only his 11th sweep (out of 810).

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NGC 7773 = UGC 12820 = MCG +05-56-015 = CGCG 498-022 = PGC 72681

23 52 09.9 +31 16 36; Peg

V = 13.4;  Size 1.2'x1.2';  Surf Br = 13.7

 

17.5" (8/29/92): fairly faint, small, round, fairly even surface brightness except for stellar nucleus which appears offset to SW side.  A mag 13 star is attached at the NNE edge and a mag 12 star is 2' NNW.  The stellar nucleus may be a superimposed mag 15 star.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7773 = H. II-851 = h2277 on 9 Oct 1790 (sweep 971) and logged "vF, S, R, little brighter middle, south preceding a very small star."  John Herschel called this galaxy "eF" on two nights and "the faintest conceivable" on a third.

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NGC 7774 = UGC 12819 = MCG +02-60-022 = CGCG 432-037 = Holm 821a/b = PGC 72679 = PGC 93142

23 52 10.7 +11 28 13; Peg

V = 13.1;  Size 1.3'x1.2';  Surf Br = 13.6

 

24" (1/1/16): at 375x; this very close, merged system (15" between nuclei) was easily resolved as double at 375x.  The brighter and larger component is on the west side.  It appeared fairly faint, fairly small, round, ~24" diameter, contains a very small bright nucleus.  PGC 93142 is attached on its east side (the galaxies are virtually tangent) and appeared faint, very small, slightly elongated, 12"x9".  An uncatalogued mag 11.3/12.3 pair at 8" separation is 5.7' NW.  IC 1513 is 21' SE.

 

17.5" (11/30/91): this is a small double system elongated E-W and just resolved at 220x into a double nuclei but not cleanly separated.  The brighter component is at the west side and appears faint, very small, round.  The fainter companion (LEDA 93142) is attached at the east end within a common halo and appears very faint, very small, slightly elongated.  The separation is just 15" between centers!

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7774 = Sw. 4-100 on 9 Aug 1886 and recorded "eF; S; R; in center of equilatoral triangle of 3 stars; double star near np."  His RA is 10 seconds too large (a similar offset as NGC 153, 163 and 217, all observed the same night) and his description matches UGC 12819.

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NGC 7775 = UGC 12821 = MCG +05-56-016 = CGCG 498-024 = PGC 72696

23 52 24.4 +28 46 22; Peg

V = 13.3;  Size 1.0'x0.8';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 20°

 

17.5" (8/29/92): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 SSW-NNE, very weak concentration.  Located 4.2' N of mag 9 SAO 91549.  Forms a pair with LEDA 1845308 6' E.  The companion appeared very faint, extremely small, round, very small bright core. NGC 7777 lies 30' SSE.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7775 = St. 13-98 on 18 Oct 1882.  His published position (final 13th list) was reduced on 6 Oct 1883.

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NGC 7776 = IC 1514 = MCG -02-60-022 = PGC 72812

23 54 16.6 -13 35 11; Aqr

V = 13.9;  Size 1.0'x0.3';  Surf Br = 13.9;  PA = 153°

 

17.5" (10/21/95): faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, 1.0'x0.4'.  Weak concentration with a slightly brighter core.  Located 2.3' NE of a mag 10.6 star.  A mag 12.5 star is 1.3' SW between the galaxy and the brighter star.  Incorrectly listed as nonexistent in RNGC and identified as IC 1514 in MCG.

 

Ormond Stone discovered NGC 7776 = LM 1-270 on 31 Oct 1885 with the 26" refractor at Leander McCormick Observatory and noted "mag 15.0; vS; lE 315; gradually brighter in the middle; near #268 [NGC 7761]."  There is nothing at his rough position (nearest min of RA), but Harold Corwin examined his field sketch and found it matches MCG -02-60-022 = PGC 72812.  This galaxy is 1.6 min of RA east of Stone's position and 12' south.  Johann Palisa independently discovered this galaxy on 19 Sep 1893 with the 27" refractor at Vienna and it was recatalogued as IC 1514.  So, NGC 7776 = IC 1514.  MCG uses the IC designation.

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NGC 7777 = UGC 12829 = MCG +05-56-018 = CGCG 498-026 = PGC 72744

23 53 12.5 +28 17 00; Peg

V = 13.3;  Size 1.2'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 48°

 

24" (10/13/12): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 4:3 SW-NE, ~48"x35", sharply concentrated with a very bright 20" core surrounded by a low surface brightness halo.  Picked up while viewing Comet 168P/Hergenrother, which was in the same 30' field.

 

17.5" (8/29/92): fairly faint, small, elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE, small bright core, stellar nucleus.  NGC 7775 is 30' NNW.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7777 = St. 8a-3 on 18 Sep 1873.  His rough RA was 17 seconds too small (similar to other positions that night).  His published discovery position (list 8a, #30) was based on offsets taken 3 years later on 25 Oct 1876.

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NGC 7778 = UGC 12827 = MCG +01-60-043 = CGCG 407-069 = WBL 727-001 = PGC 72756

23 53 19.7 +07 52 15; Psc

V = 12.7;  Size 1.0'x1.0';  Surf Br = 12.7

 

18" (9/15/07): moderately bright but fairly small, round, 30" diameter, sharply concentrated with a very small bright core and stellar nucleus.  This is the 3rd brightest of 5 NGC galaxies in the NGC 7782 group and forms a 1.8' pair with slightly brighter NGC 7779 just 1.8' E.

 

17.5" (11/1/86): third brightest of five in the NGC 7782 group.  Moderately bright, small, slightly elongated, small bright core.  Not as large or bright as NGC 7779 1.8' E.  A mag 12.5 star is 1.7' NW.

 

13.1" (9/29/84): moderately bright, small bright core.  Observed at 220x.

 

13.1" (9/9/83): at 166x; faint, small, round, small bright core.  Appears just slightly fainter than similar NGC 7779 1.8' E in the NGC 7782 group.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7778 = H. III-231 = h2278, along with NGC 7779, on 12 Nov 1784 (sweep 313).  He recorded them together as "Two, vF, stellar." and his position is between the pair.  NGC 7782 was also logged, though in a separate field.  On 15 Aug 1830 (sweep 280), John Herschel logged "pB; R; pretty suddenly brighter middle; 20"."

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NGC 7779 = UGC 12831 = MCG +01-60-045 = CGCG 407-070 = WBL 727-002 = PGC 72770

23 53 26.8 +07 52 32; Psc

V = 12.7;  Size 1.4'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 10°

 

18" (9/15/07): moderately bright and large, irregularly round, 0.9'x0.8'.  Well concentrated with a bright, 30" core.  With direct vision the core contains a very small, bright nucleus.  Forms a 1.8' pair with NGC 7778 to the west.  Second brightest in the NGC 7782 group.

 

17.5" (11/1/86): second brightest of five in the NGC 7782 group.  Moderately bright, small, slightly elongated, bright core, diffuse halo.  Forms a close pair with slightly fainter NGC 7778 1.8' W.

 

13.1" (9/29/84): moderately bright, slightly elongated, even surface brightness, similar size to NGC 7778.  Viewed at 220x.

 

13.1" (9/9/83): at 166x; faint, small, round, brighter core.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7779 = H. III-232 = h2279, along with NGC 7778 on 12 Nov 1784 (sweep 313).  He recorded them together as "Two, vF, stellar."  On 15 Aug 1830 (sweep 280), John Herschel described NGC 7779 as "pretty bright; round; pretty suddenly brighter middle 20" diameter."

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NGC 7780 = UGC 12833 = MCG +01-60-046 = CGCG 407-071 = PGC 72775

23 53 32.2 +08 07 05; Psc

V = 13.9;  Size 1.0'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 3°

 

18" (9/15/07): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 N-S, 0.4'x0.2', slightly brighter along the major axis, weak concentration with a small, slightly brighter core.  Located 10' NW of NGC 7782, the brightest of 5 NGC galaxies in a group.

 

17.5" (11/1/86): faintest of five in the NGC 7782 group.  Faint, small, very diffuse, elongated N-S, very weakly concentrated core.  Two faint stars are off the NE edge with the closest 1.7' NE of center.

 

13.1" (9/29/84): very faint, small, very diffuse, elongated ~N-S.  Two mag 14.5 stars are off the NE edge.  Located 9' NNW of NGC 7782 in a group.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7780 = St. 12-96 on 25 Sep 1873.  His RA was 8 seconds too small (similar to other positions that night).  A follow up observation was made on 2 Nov 1877 with his published micrometric position (list 12, #96) measured on 18 Oct 1881.

 

Lewis Swift found NGC 7780 in 1886, assumed it was new and communicated the discovery directly to Dreyer.  Dreyer credited Stephan (1) and Swift (2), based on his 4th discovery list, though he probably meant his 6th list, which was under preparation when the NGC was published.  But Swift didn't include it in either his 6th or later 9th list, which included several objects Swift discovered prior to the publication of the NGC.  Perhaps Swift became aware of Stephan's prior discovery, though a few other objects never appeared in his dozen lists.

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NGC 7781 = MCG +01-60-047 = CGCG 407-072 = WBL 727-003 = PGC 72785

23 53 46.0 +07 51 38; Psc

V = 13.9;  Size 0.8'x0.2';  Surf Br = 11.9;  PA = 13°

 

18" (9/15/07): one of the two faintest members of 5 in the NGC 7782 group.  At 260x appears faint, very small, slightly elongated, 15"x10".  A mag 14.5 star is at the west edge.  Located 5' E of NGC 7779 and 7' SSW of NGC 7782.

 

17.5" (11/1/86): fourth brightest of five in the NGC 7782 group.  Fairly faint, very small, bright core, elongated WNW-ESE.  A mag 14.5 star is at the west edge of the core just 12" from the center.  Located 4.8' ESE of NGC 7779 and 6.9' SSW of NGC 7782.

 

13.1" (9/29/84): faint at 220x but visible with direct vision.  Faint star just at the west edge.  At 220x, appears very small, slightly elongated ~N-S.

 

13.1" (9/9/83): at 166x; very faint, very small.  A faint star is involved.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7781 = h2280 on 16 Aug 1830 and logged "F; S; R; the faintest of 3 [with NGC 7779 and 7778]."  William Herschel discovered nearby NGC 7778, 7779 and 7782, but missed this fainter galaxy.

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NGC 7782 = UGC 12834 = MCG +01-60-048 = CGCG 407-073 = WBL 727-004 = PGC 72788

23 53 53.9 +07 58 14; Psc

V = 12.2;  Size 2.4'x1.3';  Surf Br = 13.3;  PA = 175°

 

18" (9/15/07): largest and brightest in a group of 5 NGC galaxies viewed at 260x.  Moderately bright, moderately large, oval 5:3 N-S, 1.0'x0.6'.  Broadly concentrated with a relatively large, brighter core that is slightly offset to the north side as the halo is more extended towards the south.

 

17.5" (11/1/86): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 2:1 N-S, halo broadly concentrated to core, substellar nucleus.  Brightest in a group of five galaxies with NGC 7781 7' SSW and the NGC 7778/NGC 7779 pair about 10' SW.

 

13.1" (9/29/84): Largest and brightest in a group of five with NGC 7778, NGC 7779, NGC 7780, NGC 7781.  Appears moderately bright, moderately large, fairly even surface brightness.

 

13.1" (9/9/83): at 166x; fairly faint, diffuse but easy, elongated N-S.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7782 = H. III-233 = h2281, along with NGC 7778 and 7779, on 12 Nov 1784 (sweep 313).  He recorded NGC 7782 as "very faint, extended; but very hazy weather."  On 26 Sep 1785 (sweep 442) he noted "considerably faint; pretty large; gradually little brighter in the middle."  On 15 Aug 1830 (sweep 280), John Herschel logged "pB; pL; gradually brighter in the middle; 40"."

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NGC 7783 = HCG 98A = Arp 323 NED1 = VV 208A = (R)NGC 7783A = UGC 12837 = MCG +00-60-058 = PGC 72803

23 54 10.1 +00 22 58; Psc

V = 13.1;  Size 1.3'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 100°

 

48" (10/25/14): at 610x; HCG 98A, the largest and brightest in the quartet, appeared bright, elongated 5:2 WNW-ESE, moderately large, ~1.0'x0.4', small bright core.  A star (mag 15-16) is at the ESE tip.  Forms a near contact pair with HCG 98B, just southeast of the star.

 

HCG 98B appeared moderately bright, small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, 21"x14", small brighter nucleus.  Located 1.8' S of mag 9.4 HD 223975.  The halo of 98A and 98B are fully merged on the SDSS image.  HCG 98C, 1.3' SSE of HCG 98B, appeared fairly faint, small, slightly elongated NNW-SSE, 15"x12".  A mag 15.5 star is 0.4' N.  SDSS J235412.56+002113.3, an extremely faint galaxy (V = 18.0) is just 21" SW. HCG 98D is very faint, round,10" diameter. low even surface brightness.  The faintest member in the HCG 98 quartet is located 40" N of NGC 7783 and 1.1' S of a mag 9.4 star that hampers viewing.

 

18" (9/3/05): the brightest member of HCG 98 appeared moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 5:2 WNW-ESE, 1.0'x0.4'.  Forms a near contact double system with HCG 98B nearly attached to the SE end.  View hampered by mag 9.4 HD 223975 just 1.8' N.  HCG 98B is very faint, very small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, 0.3'x0.2'.  HCG 98C was barely visible; just an extremely faint and small, round, 5" knot.  Situated close south of a mag 15.5 star.

 

17.5" (9/7/96): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:1 WNW-ESE, 1.1'x0.4'.  Seems brighter on the west end.  Brightest member of three viewed in HCG 98 and merges with NGC 7783B = HCG 98b on the SE end [35" between centers].  Located just 1.8' S of a mag 9 star.  HCG 98B is very faint, very small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, 20"x10".  There is a slightly darker gap where the galaxies are attached.  HCG 98C, just 1.8' SE is extremely faint and small, round.  At first, I thought it was the mag 15.5-15 star about 25" N.  After careful viewing I could see there were two distinct objects here although the star and galaxy were very difficult to view simultaneously.

 

17.5" (11/6/88): fairly faint, small, elongated WNW-ESE, weak concentration.  Forms a contact pair with NGC 7783B = HCG 98B at the SE end.  HCG 98B is faint, very small, slightly elongated NW-SE.  The pair is situated 1.8' S of mag 9 SAO 128452.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7783 = m 591 = Sf. 99 on 9 Sep 1864 and noted "F, S, lE."  His position matches MCG +00-60-058 = HCG 98A, although he apparently missed HCG 98B, attached at the southeast end or thought it was a single object.  Truman Safford independently discovered this galaxy on 23 Oct 1867 using the 18.5-inch Clark refractor at the Dearborn Observatory, and also measured an accurate position.

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NGC 7784 = MCG +04-01-001 = CGCG 477-029 = PGC 72862

23 55 13.6 +21 45 44; Peg

V = 14.1;  Size 0.7'x0.7';  Surf Br = 13.1

 

17.5" (7/20/90): very faint, very small, round, broad concentration.  Forms a pair with NGC 7786 10' S.  Located 6' NE of mag 8.6 SAO 91575.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7784 = St. 13-99 on 29 Oct 1877.  In his description for NGC 7786, he questioned if another nebula was 10' further north, matching the position of NGC 7784.  His published position in list 13 (#99) was reduced on 1 Oct 1883 and is accurate.

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NGC 7785 = UGC 12841 = MCG +01-60-049 = CGCG 407-075 = PGC 72867

23 55 19.0 +05 54 57; Psc

V = 11.6;  Size 2.5'x1.3';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 143°

 

17.5" (8/29/92): fairly bright, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, striking bright core.  A mag 14 star is 1.0' N of center.  Three bright stars are near and the galaxy forms a near equilateral triangle with two mag 9 stars 3.0' SE and 3.3' SSE.  Located 4.4' ESE of mag 8.2 SAO 128465.

 

8" (7/24/82): faint, small, elongated NW-SE.  A mag 8 star is 4' W and two other mag 9 are close south and east.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7785 = H. II-468 = h2282 on 25 Oct 1785 (sweep 464) and recorded "vF, pS, irr figure."  John Herschel made 4 observations, calling this galaxy "B" and "pB".

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NGC 7786 = UGC 12842 = MCG +03-60-038 = CGCG 455-065 = CGCG 456-001 = LGG 483-003 = PGC 72870

23 55 21.5 +21 35 17; Peg

V = 13.5;  Size 0.6'x0.4';  Surf Br = 11.6;  PA = 2°

 

17.5" (7/20/90): fairly faint, fairly small, oval 3:2 SSW-NNE, bright core.  Pair with NGC 7784 10' N.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7786 = St. 13-100, along with NGC 7784, on 29 Oct 1877.  His published position (last object in his final list) was reduced on 1 Oct 1883 and is accurate.

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NGC 7787 = UGC 12847 = MCG +00-01-001 = CGCG 382-001 = PGC 72912

23 55 52.0 +00 33 28; Psc

V = 14.5;  Size 0.8'x0.65'

 

24" (8/31/16): at 324x; faint to fairly faint, small, round, stellar nucleus, ~15" diameter.  Located 4' W of UGC 12849, the galaxy generally taken as NGC 7787. The two galaxies are comparable in visibility.

 

UGC 12849 appeared faint to fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 WSW-ENE, 30"x12", slightly brighter core.  A mag 12.6 star is just 36" NW of center and interferes somewhat with the visibility.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7787 = m 592 on 23 Oct 1864 and noted "vF, S, R."  His position is 17 seconds of RA west of UGC 12849, the galaxy generally taken as NGC 7787 and in fact lands on UGC 12847.  MCG labels this galaxy as NGC 7787, but UGC 12849 is taken as NGC 7787 is PGC, NED, HyperLeda and SIMBAD.

 

Harold Corwin agrees with my identification, and notes "Aside from the possibility of a systematic offset in Marth's positions on the night he found the galaxy, there is no reason to suppose that he didn't see UGC 12847.  We will check the possibility of a systematic error in other of Marth's positions measured on the same night.  I am reasonably confident that the earlier cataloguers did not make this check, so am reassigning the NGC number to what is undoubtedly the galaxy that Marth actually saw."

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NGC 7788 = OCL-275 = Cr 459 = Lund 1052 = C 2354+611

23 56 46 +61 24 00; Cas

Size 9'

 

18" (11/26/03): fairly small, 4' rich clump of roughly two dozen stars.  Includes a mag 9.7 star (SAO 20947) on the west side.  Several other mag 10 stars are scattered nearby but the cluster still stands out fairly well in a rich Milky Way star field.  NGC 7790 is situated 16' SE.

 

13.1" (9/29/84): about a dozen mag 12-14 stars over haze in a 1.5' diameter.  Includes a single bright star mag 9.3 SAO 20947 on the west edge.  This is a small but distinctive group in a very rich field.  Situated within a string of open clusters with NGC 7790 and Harvard 21.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7788 = h2283 on 5 Oct 1829 and recorded a "vS and close cluster.  One * 10m with a great many minute stars close to it."

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NGC 7789 = Cr 460 = Lund 1053 = OCL-269 = Caroline's Rose Cluster = Caroline's Cluster

23 57 24 +56 42 30; Cas

V = 6.7;  Size 16'

 

17.5" (10/12/85): a few hundred stars were resolved in a 20' field.  Remarkably rich and fairly uniform carpet of stars mag 11 and fainter.

 

8" (11/8/80): extremely rich, uniform in faint stars.  Certainly among the top open clusters with this aperture.

 

15x50mm (9/6/10): bright but unresolved 15' glow.

15x50mm (7/26/06): moderately bright glow, at least 10' diameter.  Observed using IS binoculars.

 

Caroline Herschel discovered NGC 7789 = H. VI-30 = h2284 on 30 Oct 1783 (William officially started his sweeps just the previous night) with her 4.2-inch comet-seeker reflector.  She noted "between Sigma and Rho Cass, a fine nebula, very strong." and logged it as #14 in her discovery list.  Dreyer credited Caroline with the discovery in the NGC.

 

William resolved the cluster with his 6.2-inch reflector on 12 Mar 1784, before starting sweep 165.  He logged it as "a beautiful cluster of close stars..power 57. Caroline found it Oct. 30, 1783."  During sweep 769 (18 Oct 1787) he described it as "a beautiful cluster of very compressed stars, very rich." That evening he swept with a binocular set-up, using two eyepieces.

 

John Herschel made a single observation 24 Sep 1828 (sweep 211) and called it "a most superb cluster, which fills the field and is full of star; gradually brighter in the middle; but no condensation to a nucleus; st 11...18m."

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NGC 7790 = Cr 461 = OCL-276 = Lund 1054 = C 2355+609

23 58 24 +61 12 30; Cas

V = 8.5;  Size 17'

 

18" (11/26/03): ~30 stars resolved in a 4.5'x2.5' region, fairly rich.  Three mag 11 stars are along the west side of the cluster and a slightly brighter mag 10 star is ~4' SE of the main group.  This cluster is slightly larger than NGC 7788 ~16' NW.  Fainter Be 58 lies 20' SE.

 

13.1" (9/29/84): largest of three open clusters on a line.  Roughly two dozen stars mag 10-15 are resolved in a 5'x2' region elongated E-W.  A mag 10 star is about 4' SE of the center and a couple of similar stars are on the west side of the cluster.  The slightly fainter cluster NGC 7788 is located 15' NW.  The three clusters span about 1° including Harvard 21.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7790 = H. VII-56 = h2285 on 16 Dec 1788 (sweep 892) and recorded "a pretty compressed cl of small stars of several sizes; considerably rich; E nearly in the parallel.  5 or 6' long."  John Herschel reported "a double star in the p part of a pretty rich cluster; diam 4'; stars 12...13m; the f part most compressed."

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NGC 7791

23 57 57.3 +10 45 56; Peg

 

= **, Reinmuth and Carlson.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7791 = h2286 on 10 Oct 1830 and noted "vF; vS.  Query if not a star."  At his position is a very faint double star.  d'Arrest was unable to find it and Reinmuth described a "F double star 15 and 16 cont 130 deg; no neb."  Carlson repeated this conclusion in her 1940 list of NGC/IC errata.  DSS shows a very close double star (~6.5") oriented NW-SE.

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NGC 7792 = MCG +03-01-066 = CGCG 456-007 = PGC 73066

23 58 03.6 +16 30 05; Peg

V = 13.8;  Size 0.8'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.1

 

24" (10/17/20): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, round, 30" diameter, slightly brighter nucleus.  A mag 15.2 star is 2' E. A trio of mag 13-14 stars is 2'-3' S.

 

PGC 73052, just 2' NW, appeared extremely faint (could not hold) and small, round, ~15" diameter. A mag 13.4 star is 1.3' NNE

 

17.5" (8/29/92): faint, small, round, weak even concentration, faint stellar nucleus.  Forms a vertex of a small parallelogram with three mag 14 stars with sides 1.5' length.

 

Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7792 = St. 5-15 on 4 Sep 1872.  His rough RA was 25 seconds too small (similar to other positions that night).  His published discovery position (list 5, #15) was computed on 20 Sep 1873 with description, "eF, eS, with a condensation in the centre."  The CGCG declination is 30' too far north due to a typo.

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NGC 7793 = ESO 349-012 = MCG -06-01-009 = AM 2355-325 = LGG 004-003 = PGC 73049 = Bond's Galaxy

23 57 49.8 -32 35 28; Scl

V = 9.1;  Size 9.3'x6.3';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 98°

 

48" (10/31/13): bright showpiece galaxy, very large, oval 3:2 E-W, ~7'x4.5', large bright core.  Spiral structure was evident, though it was difficult to trace individual arms except for one better defined arm attached on the west side of the core.  This arm sweeps towards the east on the south side of the core (~2' from center) and ends just east of center.  The halo appeared lumpy with an irregular surface brightness and several HII knots/associations were visible.  The brightest individual knot is [H69] #20 from Paul Hodge's 1969 paper "HII Regions in 20 Nearby Galaxies".  This fairly faint, 10" knot was easily seen 1.5' S of center, near the south side of the halo.  [H69] #27, a slightly smaller and fainter patch is near the west-northwest end of the halo (1.9' from center).  On the west-southwest side of the halo were two additional close, faint knots, both ~8" in diameter; [H69] #32 situated 2.3' from center and [H69] #33 at 2.4' from center.  Finally, [H69] #3/5 is a fairly faint, 15" patch near the northeast edge of the halo, 2.8' from center.  A mag 12.5 star is just off the northern edge, 2.9' from center.

 

30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x; most of the detail seen in the 48" was visible, but the HII regions were not as obvious.  The galaxy extended roughly 8' x 5' WNW-ESE and contained a relatively large core region that gradually brightened towards the center.  Although the halo appeared mottled and ragged, spiral structure was subtle.  A very low contrast "arm" extends due west on the northwest side of the core and another "arm" appeared to extend east on the southeast side of the core.  I noted 4 HII regions: the most obvious is [H69] 20, a faint, 10" knot near the south edge of the halo, ~1.5' from center.  [H69] 3/5, a larger, very diffuse isolated patch, perhaps 20" in size, was seen on the northeast edge of the halo, 2.9' from center.  Closer to the core I noted two very low contrast knots, both ~8" in diameter.  [H69] 11 is 1.3' NE of center and [H69] 10 is 1.2' E of center.

 

17.5" (8/20/88): bright, very large, oval 3:2 WSW-ENE, very large broadly brighter halo, small bright core.  A mag 12 star is off the north side 2.8' from center.

 

8" (11/8/80): very large, oval, low surface brightness.

 

16x80mm (8/20/88):  easily visible in the finder.

 

James Dunlop discovered NGC 7793 = D 608 = HN 4 on 14 Jul 1826 and recorded a "faint round nebula, about 2' diameter, with a very slight condensation towards the centre; a double star is north preceding" (2 observations).  His position was 14' too far east (typical error) and the double star is probably a wide pair (~1' separation) about 8' N.  Apparently John Herschel didn't observe this galaxy from South Africa.

 

George Bond independently found the galaxy on 7 Nov 1850 at Harvard College Observatory with a 4" comet-seeker and he announced it as a new discovery.  Dreyer credited Bond with the discovery in the GC Supplement (6233) and the NGC.  His RA was 40 seconds too large though he mentioned his position required further confirmation.  An accurate position from the Cordoba D.M was stated in the IC 1 notes.  Stephen O'Meara called NGC 7793 "Bond's Galaxy" in his book "Hidden Treasures", apparently unaware that Dunlop made the first observation.

 

NGC 7793 was first photographed at Harvard's Arequipa Station in Peru around 1900, but it was only described as a "* involved in circular nebula with nebulous dot."  Based on a photograph taken with the 30" Reynolds reflector at the Helwan Observatory between 1912-14, Harold Knox-Shaw first identified this galaxy as an "open spiral, knotty and complex."  A later plate revealed a "bright sharp stellar nucleus" and "very many knots and patches."

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NGC 7794 = UGC 12872 = MCG +02-01-004 = CGCG 433-010 = PGC 73103

23 58 34.2 +10 43 41; Peg

V = 12.6;  Size 1.3'x1.0';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 0°

 

17.5" (10/5/91): fairly faint, fairly small, irregularly round, weak concentration.  A mag 14 star is just off the SW edge 50" from center.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7794 = H. III-466 = h2288 on 23 Nov 1785 (sweep 477) and logged "vF, S, R, little brighter in the middle."  John Herschel made the single observation "eF; irreg fig; pL; 40"."  Heinrich d'Arrest measured two micrometric positions and noted the mag 14 star that precedes by 1.9 seconds and a separation of 40".

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NGC 7795

23 57 33.5 +60 01 25; Cas

Size 10'

 

17.5" (12/20/95): scattered group of two dozen stars in a 10' diameter mostly north and east of mag 6.5 HD 224404.  Most stars are mag 11-13 (with one brighter mag 9.5 star) and only a few faint members.  There are two mag 9 stars 4' and 6' S of the mag 6.5 star but these are really detached from the group.  The brighter mag 11 stars form a boxy outline and there is circular hole void of stars in the center.  This asterism is only noticeable at 100x and 220x because of the mag 6.5 star and the group is somewhat detached in the field.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7795 = h2287 on 29 Sep 1829 and recorded "A star 7m, the chief of a vL coarse scattered but poor cl which fills the field.  Stars 10m."  There is no bright star near his (single) position, but exactly 1.0 minute of RA preceding is mag 6.5 SAO 35922.  The DSS shows a good scattering of fairly bright stars nearby, mainly to the north.  RNGC classifies this number as nonexistent, using the incorrect NGC position.  See Corwin's notes.

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NGC 7796 = ESO 149-007 = AM 2356-554 = PGC 73126

23 58 59.8 -55 27 30; Phe

V = 11.5;  Size 2.2'x1.9';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 168°

 

25" (10/15/17 - OzSky): at 244x and 397x; very bright, large, ~1.5'-1.7' diameter.  Sharply concentrated with a very well defined intensely bright core and much fainter halo.  The core gradually increases to either a quasi-stellar or stellar nucleus.  Mag 8.0 HD 224288 lies 20' W.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7796 = h4009 on 11 Sep 1836 and recorded "pB; S; R; gradually much brighter middle; 25"."  His single position is accurate.

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NGC 7797 = UGC 12877 = MCG +00-01-011 = CGCG 382-010 = PGC 73125

23 58 58.9 +03 38 05; Psc

V = 13.7;  Size 1.0'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.4;  PA = 10°

 

17.5" (11/6/88): very faint, fairly small, oval ~N-S, almost even surface brightness.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7797 = H. III-867 = h2289 on 6 Dec 1790 (sweep 984) and recorded "eF, pS, little brighter middle, irr R.  I saw it with difficulty, but very well."  John Herschel made the single observation "eF; not vS." and measured an accurate position.

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NGC 7798 = UGC 12884 = Mrk 332 = MCG +03-01-010 = CGCG 456-009 = PGC 73163

23 59 25.5 +20 44 59; Peg

V = 12.4;  Size 1.4'x1.3';  Surf Br = 12.8

 

17.5" (7/20/90): moderately bright, fairly small, round, increases to bright core, faint stellar nucleus.  A mag 11 star is 1.4' SSW of center.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7798 = H. II-232 = h2290 on 18 Sep 1784 (sweep 277) and recorded "F, S, R, or large stellar."  He observed the galaxy again on 13 Nov 1786 (sweep 635) and noted "B, S, R, mbM, near a star."  John Herschel made the single observation "pB; S; R; bM; has a * 10m 60° sp [SSW], distance 65"."

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NGC 7799

23 59 31.5 +31 17 44; Peg

V = 14.5

 

18" (10/29/11): this number refers to the fainter northeast component of a 20" pair of mag 13.6/14.4 stars.  The pair was easily resolved at 225x and there was no hint of a nebulous image.  Another 13" pair (with a 3rd component squeezed between) lies 3' SW.  Located 13' NW of mag 8 HD 224769.

 

Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7799 on 7 Nov 1863 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.  His single observation mentions a mag 16 star is southwest by 20" and at his position on the DSS is a 21" pair of stars oriented southwest-northeast.  So, d'Arrest must have thought the northeast component was slightly nebulous.  Coincidentally his position is 9 seconds of RA east of UGC 12882, an extremely faint edge-on (too faint to have been seen by d'Arrest).  RNGC, PGC, Megastar and probably other amateur software misidentify UGC 12882 as NGC 7799. NED and HyperLeda identify NGC 7799 as a star.

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NGC 7800 = UGC 12885 = MCG +02-01-007 = CGCG 433-012 = PGC 73177

23 59 36.8 +14 48 25; Peg

V = 12.6;  Size 2.3'x1.6';  Surf Br = 14.3;  PA = 42°

 

17.5" (8/8/91): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, weak concentration.  A mag 13.5 star is 1.6' ESE and a mag 14.5 star is just off the NE end, 1.5' NNE of center.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7800 = H. II-10 = h2291 on 24 Dec 1783 (early sweep 62) and noted "a nebula, vF, E.  Has two or three places in which I suspect vF stars."  On 18 Sep 1786 (sweep 590) he logged "F, E, bM, pL, the extension not far from the meridian; from sp to nf."

 

John Herschel apparently first observed this galaxy 2 Nov 1823 (sweep 1), but didn't identify it later.  On 12 Sep 1828 (sweep 175), he logged "F; S; E; irreg fig; 18"."

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NGC 7801

00 00 22 +50 44 24; Cas

Size 12'x6'

 

17.5" (11/6/93): three dozen mag 9-14 stars in a coarse 12'x6' group.  The rectangular outline is elongated 2:1 ~N-S.  Includes several brighter mag 9-10 stars (SAO 35975, 35977, 35990), scattered and best view at 100x.  A richer subgroup of 10 stars along the east side includes two nice doubles and several faint stars.  A mag 9 star is near a void in the center.  Listed as a nonexistent cluster in the RNGC.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7801 = h2292 on 8 Sep 1829 and reported "A double star [HJ 1923] in a tolerable cluster in which is one star 9m."  His position corresponds with a scattered group of brighter stars (probably an asterism).

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NGC 7802 = UGC 12902 = MCG +01-01-008 = CGCG 408-007 = PGC 81

00 01 00.4 +06 14 31; Psc

V = 13.5;  Size 1.1'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 52°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): faint, very small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, well defined small bright core, much fainter extensions.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7802 = h2293 on 25 Sep 1830 and logged "very faint; small; round; pretty suddenly brighter in the middle."  His single position is accurate.

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NGC 7803 = HCG 100A = UGC 12906 = MCG +02-01-011 = CGCG 433-013 = PGC 101

00 01 20.0 +13 06 41; Peg

V = 13.1;  Size 1.0'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.4;  PA = 85°

 

48" (10/24/11): at 610x appeared bright, oval 3:2 WSW-ENE, 0.8'x0.5'.  Sharply concentrated with a very small, very bright core.  A 17" pair of mag 14.4/15.1 stars is 1' NW.  Flanked by HCG 100B 1.5' E and 100D 1.2' W.  All 4 galaxies in HCG 100 fit within a circle of radius 2'.  In addition, MCG +02-01-013, an extremely faint galaxy, lies 1.2' SE of 100D and Mrk 935 lies 4.7' ESE of 100D.

 

24" (11/7/18): at 375x; moderately bright and large, oval ~3:2 E-W, ~45"x30". Contains a relatively large, very bright core region that gradually increases towards the center.  A pair of mag 14.5/15 stars lie 1' NW.  Forms a close pair with HCG 100B 1.5' E. The companion was faint, fairly small, slightly elongated N-S, 25"x20", low even surface brightness.  A mag 12 star lies 45" E.  HCG 100C, 2.5' NW, appeared very faint, small, slightly elongated WSW-ENE, 20"x15".  Often visible with careful averted vision but could not nearly hold.  Mrk 935 (not a HCG 100 member but same redshift) at 6' E of NGC 7803 was almost fairly faint, small, roundish, 20" diameter.

 

18" (9/24/05): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 ~E-W, increases in size to ~0.8'x0.4' with averted vision.  Contains a small, brighter core that is rounder.  A faint pair of mag 14/15 stars lies 1' WNW.  Precedes a mag 11 star by 2'.  Forms a close pair with HCG 100B, which appeared very faint, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 0.3'x0.2'. A mag 11 star is less than 1' following.

 

17.5" (11/10/96): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated nearly 2:1 WSW-ENE, brighter core.  A pair of mag 14/15 stars lie 1' WNW.  This galaxy is the brightest in the compact HCG 100 group.  Forms a close pair with HCG 100B 1.5' E.  The fainter companion was very faint, small, round, 0.4' diameter.  Sandwiched between NGC 7803 1.5' W and a mag 11 star 46" ENE.

 

17.5" (9/15/90): faint, small, elongated 3:2 WSW-ENE, almost even surface brightness.  A pair of mag 14 and 14.5 stars is 1' WNW.  Collinear with two stars mag 12.5 and mag 11 2.3' E and 4.0' E, respectively.  NGC 7810 lies 18' ESE.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7803 = Sw. 6-98 on 5 Aug 1886 and recorded pF; pS; F * nr np; near and between the 2 preceding of 3 stars in a line; np of 2 [with NGC 7810?]."  His position is 12 seconds of RA west and 50" north of UGC 12906 (3' error), the brightest galaxy in HCG 100.  Howe measured an accurate position in 1897.

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NGC 7804

00 01 18.7 +07 44 55; Psc

Size 10"

 

18" (11/17/08): this 10" unequal pair of faint stars was resolved at 175x and easily split at 325x.  Located 3' N of a pale orange/blue-white pair (Du 4 = 9.6/10.2 at 15").  A third mag 10 star lies just 1.4' ESE of the closer pair.

 

Kaspar Gottfried Schweizer, director of the Moscow Observatory, discovered NGC 7804 on 22 Oct 1860.  The discovery wasn't published until 1875 (Observations de Moscou, II, 115).  At his exact position is a pair of mag 14 stars at 10" separation.  In four observations Engelhardt could only find this double star and no nebulosity (micrometric position given).  Sherburne Burnham also carefully examined the region (Publ of Lick Obs, II) on two nights and only the faint pair was found, "but there was no trace of nebulosity about it, or anywhere in the vicinity."  He measured the separation (1891) as 9.8" in PA 55.6°.  Finally, Reinmuth says "no neb; double star 13 and 14 alm cont 50°".  This is Schweizer's only NGC entry (bio at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1904Obs....27..314L).

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NGC 7805 = Arp 112 NED1 = VV 226b = UGC 12908 = MCG +05-01-024 = CGCG 498-064 = CGCG 499-036 = Holm 826a = Mrk 333 = LGG 001-001 = PGC 109

00 01 26.8 +31 26 01; Peg

V = 13.3;  Size 1.2'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 47°

 

24" (12/1/16): at 375x; moderately bright, fairly small, compact, very slightly elongated SW-NE, 25"x20", small bright core, very small bright stellar nucleus.  Forms a similar double system (Arp 112) with NGC 7806 [50" NE between centers].  A mag 13.5 star is 1' W.

 

17.5" (11/14/87): fairly faint, very small, slightly elongated, bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 13.5 star is 1.0' W.  Forms a close similar pair with NGC 7806 30" off the NE edge and 54" between centers (the pair is Arp 112).

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7805 = H. III-855 = h2294, along with NGC 7806, on 9 Oct 1790 (sweep 971).  Both were recorded together as "Two, extremely faint, stellar, between 1' of each other, from 30° sp to nf."   On 16 Sep 1828 (sweep 178), John Herschel reported "extremely faint; small; round; suddenly brighter in the middle; the sp of 2."

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NGC 7806 = Arp 112 NED2 = VV 226a = UGC 12911 = MCG +05-01-025 = CGCG 498-065 = CGCG 499-037 = Holm 826b = Mrk 333 = LGG 001-002 = PGC 112

00 01 30.1 +31 26 31; Peg

V = 13.5;  Size 1.1'x0.8';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 20°

 

24" (12/1/16): at 375x; moderately bright, fairly small, compact, slightly elongated ~N-S, ~24"x18", small bright core, stellar nucleus.  NGC 7806 is the northeastern of a double system with NGC 7805 50" SW.  A mag 15.2 star is 50" SE.

 

MCG +05-01-026, a very low surface brightness arc-shaped edge-on 1' E, was not seen though the seeing was soft.  I glimpsed it, though, with certainty on 12/28/16 in Bob Douglas' 28" at 427x.  It was visible some of the time as an extremely faint and small glow, though a couple of times it elongated into a small streak.

 

17.5" (11/14/87): fairly faint, very small, oval 4:3 ~N-S, bright core, stellar nucleus.  Forms a close double system with NGC 7805 54" SW of center and about 30" off the edge.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7806 = H. III-856 = h2295, along with NGC 7805, on 9 Oct 1790 (sweep 971).  Both were recorded as "Two, extremely faint, stellar, between 1' of each other, from 30° sp to nf."  John Herschel made 3 observations and noted on 16 Sep 1828 (sweep 178) "eF; S; R; suddenly brighter middle."

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NGC 7807 = ESO 538-015 = PGC 33

00 00 26.6 -18 50 31; Cet

V = 14.6;  Size 0.7'x0.5';  Surf Br = 13.1;  PA = 27°

 

17.5" (8/25/95): extremely faint, very small, probably elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE, 0.6'x0.4'.  Located 6.5' WNW of a mag 11 star.  I needed to use a Guide Star Catalog chart and averted vision to pick up this galaxy.  No details were seen as it required concentration just to detect the low surface brightness glow.  A mag 15 star lies 2.9' E.

 

Ormond Stone discovered NGC 7807 = LM 1-271 at Leander McCormick Observatory and recorded "mag 16.0; pS; irr F; E 90°?"  There is nothing at his rough position (nearest min of RA), but 1.2 min of RA west and 4' south is ESO 538-015 = PGC 33 (brightest nearby galaxy).  His uncertain PA is not a good match, though.  Howe recovered this object in 1898-99 and measured an accurate position (repeated in the IC 2 Notes).  The RA in the ESO, SGC and NGC 2000 is 48 seconds too small, due to a typo in the ESO catalogue.

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NGC 7808 = MCG -02-01-013 = PGC 243

00 03 32.1 -10 44 41; Cet

V = 13.5;  Size 1.1'x1.1';  Surf Br = 13.5

 

17.5" (8/16/93): fairly faint, fairly small, round bright core dominates, slightly elongated much fainter halo SSW-NNE.  Located 3.5' NE of a mag 10 star and 20' SW of 3 Ceti (V = 5.1).  Forms a pair with MCG -02-01-012 3' SW, which is situated just 40" E of the mag 10 star.  The MCG appeared very faint, very small, elongated 5:2 N-S, 20"x8".

 

17.5" (9/15/90): faint, very small, round, weak concentration.  A mag 9.5 star is 4' SW.

 

Frank Muller discovered NGC 7808 = LM 1-272 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory and recorded "mag 15.0; vS; R; stellar N; star 8.5m at 3.6' separation in PA 240° [southwest].  There is nothing at his rough position (nearest min of RA) but 2 minutes of RA east (common error) is MCG -02-01-013 = PGC 243 and the description matches.  He missed MCG -02-01-012, the faint galaxy immediately following the star.  Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1899-00 at Denver (repeated in the IC 2 Notes).  ESO misidentifies this number with a "Conc of stars only".

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NGC 7809 = MCG +00-01-019 = CGCG 382-018 = III Zw 126 = PGC 158

00 02 09.4 +02 56 28; Psc

V = 14.6;  Size 0.5'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 95°

 

17.5" (11/6/88): very faint, very small, round.  Located 24' SSW of NGC 7811.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7809 = m 593 on 9 Sep 1864 and noted "eF, vS."  His RA is 3 seconds too small.

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NGC 7810 = UGC 12919 = MCG +02-01-015 = CGCG 433-018 = PGC 163

00 02 19.2 +12 58 18; Peg

V = 13.0;  Size 1.2'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.0;  PA = 80°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): faint, very small, slightly elongated E-W, small bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 14.5 star is just 0.4' NW of center.  NGC 7803 lies 18' WNW.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7810 = H. (III-984) = h2296 = Sw. 6-99 on 17 Nov 1784 (sweep 320), but the observation was very uncertain.  He recorded, "suspected but 240x showed 2 small stars, and left it doubtful whether they contained nebulosity between them or not; rather against."  He decided to not include this object in his three catalogues and Caroline crossed out the general (internal) discovery number 649 in her Sweep Observations.  Her reduced position is just 1.5' too far N, so the identification is certain.

 

John Herschel made 3 observations, the first on 17 Oct 1785 (sweep 15): "Suspected nebula."  Verified, being found in the middle of the field by setting the telescope on the place per working list [based on Caroline's Zone Catalogue, prepared for his sweeps]; but it so nearly a star as to be easily mistaken for the third star of a triangle."  Since it was first noted by his father, he added the designation "H.MS [Herschel Manuscript]" and Dreyer called it "(III-984)" in the NGC to imply credit to William.

 

Lewis Swift independently found this galaxy on 5 Aug 1886 and recorded it as the 99th object in his 6th discovery list.  Swift's position is 16 tsec too far west but his comment "2 F stars v near and in line with it" fits perfectly.

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NGC 7811 = MCG +00-01-020 = CGCG 382-019 = III Zw 127 = Mrk 543 = PGC 168

00 02 26.5 +03 21 07; Psc

V = 14.6;  Size 0.4'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.4

 

17.5" (11/6/88): faint, very small, round, bright core.  A bright triangle of stars follow including mag 8.6 SAO 108985 8.2' ENE, a mag 9.2 star 10' SE and a mag 9.5 star 4.3' SE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7811 = m 594 on 5 Oct 1864 and noted "vF, S, R, stellar."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7812 = ESO 349-021 = MCG -06-01-016 = PGC 195

00 02 54.5 -34 14 08; Scl

V = 13.1;  Size 1.1'x0.7';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 146°

 

17.5" (10/29/94): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated 4:3 NW-SE, 0.8'x0.6', slightly brighter core.  Lies just north of a line of three mag 12-13 stars 1.5' SSE, 2.2' SSW and 3.9' SW of center.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7812 = h4010 on 25 Sep 1834 and recorded "vF; S; R; among small stars."  His position is less than 1' too far south.

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NGC 7813 = IC 5384 = MCG -02-01-016 = Mrk 936 = PGC 287

00 04 09.1 -11 59 02; Cet

V = 14.2;  Size 0.8'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.5;  PA = 158°

 

17.5" (11/6/93): very faint, very small, round, weak concentration, can just steadily with direct vision.  A mag 13 star is 3' NW.  Located 12' ESE of mag 8.2 SAO 147055.  The listed magnitude appears too bright.

 

Frank Muller discovered NGC 7813 = LM 2-476 in 1886 at the Leander McCormick Observatory and recorded "mag 15.2; 0.5'x0.2' E 80°, *8.5 follows 38 seconds; *9 north preceding 40 seconds."  There is nothing at his position, but 1.0 minute east is MCG -02-01-016 = PGC 287.  His description has several inconsistencies: his position angle is well off from 158°, a mag 11-12 star follows by 25 seconds (his estimates were often a couple of mags too bright) and a mag 8 star precedes by 40 seconds.  Still, there are no other reasonable candidates nearby.  Herbert Howe found this galaxy again in 1899 while searching for Muller's object and assumed it was new because of the inconsistencies listed above, and it was recatalogued as IC 5384.  So, NGC 7813 is perhaps identical to IC 5384, but not with certainty.

 

MCG labels this galaxy as IC 5384.  Roger Sinnott's NGC 2000.0 and the Deep Sky Field Guide both give the wrong position (based on the NGC position).  See Corwin's notes.

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NGC 7814 = UGC 8 = MCG +03-01-020 = CGCG 456-024 = PGC 218 = The Little Sombrero

00 03 14.9 +16 08 43; Peg

V = 10.6;  Size 5.5'x2.3';  Surf Br = 13.2;  PA = 135°

 

48" (10/23/11): gorgeous view of this showpiece edge-on spiral at 375x and 488x.  The oval central bulge was large and very bright, increasing to an intense core.  A very thin, very high contrast dust lane sliced through the major axis of the galaxy, neatly bisecting the galaxy.  On close inspection, the halo on the south side of the lane was marginally more extensive.  At the center, a small nucleus is apparently obscured, leaving only two very small brilliant "knots" on either side of the lane.  Beyond the central region, much fainter arms extend NW and SE, increasing the total size to 5'x1.5'.  The dust lane was easily visible splitting the edge-on arms until they dimmed out at the tips.

 

17.5" (8/2/86): very bright, very bright large core, fainter extensions NW-SE.  Forms a pair with IC 5381 10' S.  The narrow dust lane bisecting the galaxy was not seen.  IC 5378 (Arp 130) lies 30' NNW.

 

17.5" (12/19/87): faint stellar nucleus visible.

 

14.5" (12/17/20): at 182x; bright, large, elongated ~5:3 NW-SE, 2.5'x1.5', contains a large bright core that gradually increases to the center.  IC 5381 lies 10' S.

 

13.1" (10/10/86): bright, large, large bright core, elongated NW-SE, faint stellar nucleus.

 

8" (11/8/80): moderately bright, slightly elongated.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7814 = H. II-240 = h2297 on 8 Oct 1784 (sweep 286) and logged "pF; pL; irr round; easily resolvable."  It was discovered the night after ending an experiment on 5-7 October in which the telescope was pointing off the meridian to the east.  On 7 Oct 1825 (sweep 11) John Herschel logged, "B; L; irreg R; very gradually brighter middle; 2' or 3' diam; no nucleus."

 

On 12 Oct 1885, Birr Castle assistant R.J. Mitchell described it as "pL and B, E, gradually much brighter middle, a decided dark lane runs through it in the direction of the major axis.  The neb is rather narrower in the middle of its length and spreads out laterally towards its extremities, fading away gradually."  A sketch, published in the 1861 Rosse Monograph (Plate XXX, Fig. 42) and in the 1880 Lawrence Parsons compilation (Plate V, Fig 11), shows the thin dust lane bisecting the core and extending out through the arms.

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NGC 7815

00 03 24.9 +20 42 14; Peg

 

= *, Gottlieb.  "Not found", Carlson.

 

Herman Schultz discovered NGC 7815 = Nova XII on 15 Oct 1866 with the 9.6-inch refractor at Uppsala Observatory.  His micrometric position of 00 03 24.9 +20 42 15 (2000) falls on a mag 14.4 star, just 2' N of mag 7.5 HD 225097.  His notes describe "sev fine *... Seen in the neby?  The object...quite distinctly seen as a neb [in autumn 1866] with stellar center; in the autumn 1869 hardly visible!"  Nearly all of Schultz' objects in the NGC are single or double stars.  See Corwin's notes.

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NGC 7816 = UGC 16 = MCG +01-01-018 = CGCG 408-018 = PGC 263

00 03 48.9 +07 28 43; Psc

V = 12.8;  Size 1.7'x1.5';  Surf Br = 13.7

 

17.5" (9/15/90): fairly faint, moderately large, round.  Contains a bright core surrounded by a grainy halo.  The periphery gradually fades into the background.  Forms a pair with NGC 7818 7.7' SE.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7816 = H. III-436 = h2298 = h2299 on 26 Sep 1785 (sweep 442) and recorded "vF, pL, little brighter in the middle."  John Herschel probably made two observations on 15 and 16 Aug 1830 that he assumed were of different objects as his dec differed by 7.5'. One of these observations is certainly NGC 7816 (assumed to be a nova), but the other could possibly be NGC 7818 (matches in dec).

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NGC 7817 = UGC 19 = MCG +03-01-021 = CGCG 456-028 = PGC 279

00 03 58.8 +20 45 03; Peg

V = 11.8;  Size 3.5'x0.9';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 45°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): moderately bright, fairly large, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE, broad concentration.  An evenly matched mag 14 pair of starts with separation of 17" lies just south of the SW extension 1.3' from the center.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7817 = H. II-227 = h2300 on 15 Sep 1784 (sweep 274) and recorded "F, pL, E, r."  On 18 Sep 1784 (sweep 277) he reported "pF, cL, E, r."  Again on 13 Nov 1786 (sweep 635) he logged "F, E, about 2 1/2' long from sp to nf."  John Herschel made the single observation "pB; mE; little brighter middle; 2' l, 20" br; pos 45° nf to sp by diagram."

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NGC 7818 = UGC 21 = MCG +01-01-019 = CGCG 408-019 = PGC 288

00 04 08.9 +07 22 46; Psc

V = 14.0;  Size 1.0'x1.0';  Surf Br = 13.9

 

17.5" (9/15/90): extremely faint, small, round, very low even surface brightness.  Forms a pair with NGC 7816 7.7' NW.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7818 = Sw. 6-100 on 23 Oct 1886 and recorded "eeeF; pS; ee diff.; follows 5048 [NGC 7816] 22 seconds and is 5' south."  His position is 5 seconds of RA west and 2' north of UGC 21, but the reference to NGC 7816 clinches this identification.

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NGC 7819 = UGC 26 = MCG +05-01-029 = CGCG 498-072 = CGCG 499-044 = LGG 001-003 = PGC 303

00 04 24.5 +31 28 20; Peg

V = 13.5;  Size 1.5'x1.2';  Surf Br = 14.0

 

17.5" (11/14/87): very faint, very small, round, diffuse.  Collinear with a mag 13.5 star 1.4' NNE and a mag 12.5 star 2.5' NNE of center.  Located 37' E of NGC 7806.  Appears fainter than CGCG magnitude = 14.3pg.

 

Ralph Copeland, assistant to the 4th Earl of Rosse, discovered NGC 7819 on 26 Oct 1872.  His full description reads "eF, L.  Nova f 2m 57.0s and 2' 32.5" n of 5042 [NGC 7805]".  His micrometric offset is accurate. Dreyer made a second observation on 5 Oct Also and he noted "3 minutes f [NGC 7805] an eF, L , diffused neb was seen."

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NGC 7820 = UGC 28 = MCG +01-01-022 = CGCG 408-021 = WBL 001 = PGC 307

00 04 30.8 +05 12 01; Psc

V = 12.9;  Size 1.3'x0.6';  Surf Br = 12.4;  PA = 165°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): fairly faint, small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, small well-defined bright core.  A mag 13.5 star is 43" SW of center.  First and brightest of four in a group (WBL 002) with NGC 7825 14' E.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7820 = h2301 on 24 Sep 1830 and recorded "B; S; mE; very suddenly much brighter middle to a *; 12" long, has a * preceding."  His position is accurate.

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NGC 7821 = MCG -03-01-019 = PGC 367

00 05 16.7 -16 28 37; Cet

V = 13.2;  Size 1.4'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 111°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): fairly faint, moderately large, very elongated 3:1 WNW-ESE, moderate concentration but no core.  Located 14' E of mag 5.8 SAO 147064.  The WLM System lies 1.3° NW.

 

Ormond Stone discovered NGC 7821 = LM 1-273 on 3 Nov 1885 with the 26-inch refractor at Leander McCormick Observatory. He recorded it as "mag 14.0; pretty small; irregular figure, elongated [in p.a.] 125°; gradually little brighter middle."  His rough position (nearest min of RA) is 0.6 minutes of RA west of MCG -03-01-019 = PGC 367.  Stone later measured an accurate micrometric position in October 1887 (published in the "Southern Nebulae" monograph) and noted the PA = 100° and size as 0.5'x0.3'.

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NGC 7822 = Ced 215 = LBN 587 = LBN 589

00 03 18 +68 30; Cep

Size 60'x30'

 

18" (9/15/07): at 73x (31mm Nagler) unfiltered, extends nearly 60' in length (roughly E-W).  A group of stars are involved near the middle and includes a nice isosceles triangle of mag 8/8/9 stars with separations of 2.7', 2.7' and 4' with several fainter stars nearby.  This group is clearly encased in nebulosity and extends to the east for nearly 30' with quite a few stars involved.  Fainter nebulosity also extends to the west in a wide curving lane.  The entire glow shows up well at 12.5x in the 80mm finder.  Did not experiment with filters.

 

17.5" (8/25/95): very faint, very large nebulosity best viewed in the 16x80 finder as it gives a higher contrast with the surrounding sky.  Appears elongated E-W and at least 40' in size.  At 82x, nebulosity is clearly visible in the region of a triangle of mag 8-9 stars including mag 7.9 SAO 20996 at 00 00 57.5 +68 27 27 (2000).  A large portion of the field appears weakly nebulous, though not with certainty.

 

The identification of NGC 7822 is uncertain and may apply to Ced 214 about 1.5 degrees to the south.  Here are my descriptions for Ced 214 = Sh 2-171:

18" (9/15/07): at 73x (31mm Nagler) unfiltered, Ced 214 appears as a huge, faint, irregular glow of at least 50' diameter surrounding mag 5.7 HD 225216.  Extends as far south as mag 6.3 HD 225136 (28' S of the mag 5.7 star).  The NW portion includes open cluster Be 59 (~20' NW of the mag 5.7 star).  Generally, the outline can be traced, though it is only vaguely defined in some areas.  The east side has a roughly circular outline.  Did not compare the view using a UHC or H-beta filter, although despite the previous negative result it was immediately evident without a filter.  On deep images, Ced 214 and the elongated section to the north (often taken as NGC 7822) are connected and part of a huge loop extending off the west and east side of Ced 214 and curving to the north.

 

17.5" (10/4/97): Ced 214 was not detected unfiltered at 82x or using an OIII filter.  With an H-Beta filter, a 40' field surrounding the mag 5.7 illuminating star appeared weakly nebulous in contrast to the immediate periphery.  No structure was noted, although the glow seemed roughly circular.  The small open cluster Be 59 is embedded on the NW side.  This object may be NGC 7822 if John Herschel made a 1.5 degree error in declination.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7822 = h2302 on 16 Nov 1829 and recorded "the central part of what I am positive is an enormously L, but eF neb of a round figure, though I cannot trace its limits.  Diam 10'±.  The night exquisite.  I swept often across it to be sure, but always recurred to the same place.  No doubt but can never be seen but in the best state of the air and sky. Diameter 10' +/-."  Herschel's position is just north of the 60'x30' nebula described here, though it is not of a "round figure".  Two unsuccessful obsesrvations were made by Lord Rosse's assistants, probably due to the size.

 

Isaac Roberts gave dimensions of 42'x38' in MNRAS, Vol LXIII, p301 based on plates taken in 1901 and 1902, although his description (as well as possibly Herschel's) refers to Ced 214 = Sh 2-171, about 1.5° south of Herschel's position (part of the same complex).  Dreyer repeated Robert's dimensions in the IC 2 Notes section.  Harold Corwin's favors identifying Robert's nebula as NGC 7822, with Ced 215 (close to Herschel's position) as a secondary choice.  Either are possible, but as Herschel didn't mention the mag 5.7 star involved in Ced 214, I prefer Ced 215.

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NGC 7823 = ESO 111-012 = PGC 328 = PGC 349667 = PGC 349695

00 04 45.6 -62 03 42; Tuc

V = 12.6;  Size 1.1'x1.0';  Surf Br = 12.6

 

30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x; fairly bright, moderately large, round.  Sharply concentrated with a bright, bar elongated N-S, punctuated by a bright, very small nucleus.  A mag 14.6 star is 1.5' SE and a mag 16.2 star is just 0.8' S.  The 20' field is very star poor.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7823 = h4011 on 11 Aug 1836 and recorded "F; S; R; gradually brighter in the middle; 15"."  His mean position (2 observations) is fairly accurate.

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NGC 7824 = UGC 34 = MCG +01-01-025 = CGCG 408-025 = PGC 354

00 05 06.2 +06 55 12; Psc

V = 13.2;  Size 1.6'x1.2';  Surf Br = 13.7;  PA = 145°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, even concentration down to very small bright core.  A mag 10.5 star is 2.1' NW of center.  Forms a pair with UGC 36 9' SSE.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7824 = h2303 on 25 Sep 1830 and recorded "not vF; S; R; 12"; a * 9m north preceding."  His position is very accurate.

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NGC 7825 = CGCG 408-024 = WBL 002-003 = PGC 1279700

00 05 06.6 +05 12 13; Psc

V = 14.3;  Size 0.9'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.6;  PA = 135°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): very faint, very small, round, bright core.  A mag 14.5 star is 1.1' NE.  Forms a trio with NGC 7827 5.3' E and UGC 37 7' ESE.  Incorrectly identified in RC3 and UGC but correct in RNGC.

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7825 = h2304, along with NGC 7827, on 25 Sep 1830 and recorded "vF; S; gradually brighter in the middle." His single position matches CGCG 408-024 = PGC 1279700.  UGC, PGC and RC3 misidentify CGCG 408-027 as NGC 7825. MCG misidentifies NGC 7825 as NGC 7827.  The CGCG and RNGC identification is correct.  See Harold Corwin's identification notes for more on these errors.

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NGC 7826 = ESO 538-019

00 05 17 -20 41 30; Cet

 

17.5" (12/4/93): about 20 scattered mag 9-13 stars in a 15' diameter form this asterism (unrelated stars).  Most of the stars are arranged in an elongated string oriented NNW-SSE including five brighter mag 9-10 stars.  A double star (mag 10/11.5 at 30" in pa 45°) located 10' E forms an equilateral triangle with the endpoints of the string.  The asterism stands out in field because of the brighter stars.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7826 = H. VIII-29 = h2305 on 9 Dec 1784 (sweep 330) and recorded "a cl of a few coarsely scattered L stars."  At his position is a group of stars matching this description.  John Herschel noted a "A triangular group of about a dozen stars."  ESO states "concentration of stars only".  Proper motion of these stars indicate this is an unrelated asterism. The RNGC classified as a nonexistent cluster (Type 7).

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NGC 7827 = UGC 38 = MCG +01-01-027 = CGCG 408-028 = WBL 002-005 = PGC 378

00 05 27.7 +05 13 20; Psc

V = 13.9;  Size 1.2'x0.9';  Surf Br = 13.9;  PA = 36°

 

17.5" (9/15/90): fairly faint, small, irregularly round.  A mag 12 star is 1.5' ENE.  Brightest of three with UGC 37 2.7' S and NGC 7825 5.3' WSW (group WBL 002).

 

John Herschel discovered NGC 7827 = h2306, along with NGC 7825, on 25 Sep 1830 and recorded "vF; S; R; suddenly brighter middle; has a * nf."  His position is accurate.  d'Arrest also measured an accurate position (on 3 nights) and noted the star to the northeast follows by 6 sec of time.  MCG misidentifies this galaxy as NGC 7825.

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NGC 7828 = Arp 144 NED1 = VV 272a = MCG -02-01-025B = PGC 483

00 06 27.1 -13 24 58; Cet

V = 13.9;  Size 0.9'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.9;  PA = 140°

 

48" (10/23/14): at 488x; fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 5:2 NW-SE, 40"x18", irregular shape with a mottled or clumpy appearance, slightly brighter along with south side. The galaxy displayed an extension or bend (slightly north) on the northwest side as if it consisted of two merged galaxies. A fainter 15" knot or patch is attached.at the northwest end.  NGC 7828 forms an interacting pair (Arp 144 = VV 272) with NGC 7829 just 0.6' between centers.  Arp 51 lies 3.2' SW and appeared fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated ~SW-NE, 24"x20".

 

17.5" (9/15/90): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, even surface brightness.  Forms a double system with NGC 7829, an extremely compact galaxy off the SE end.

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7828 = LM 2-274, along with NGC 7829, in 1886 and recorded "mag 15.4; 0.5' dia; pE 130° suddenly brighter in the middle to a nucleus; * 15 [NGC 7829] sf 3 seconds; Double [with NGC 7829], PA 100° at 0.3' separation."  Howe measured an accurate position in 1897 at Denver (given in the IC 2 Notes).

 

In the Arp catalogue, NGC 7828 has a very unusual distorted appearance.  According to Higdon (1988), this is not a classical ring but possibly the result of stripping of the gaseous disk from a spiral galaxy during the collision with an intergalactic HI cloud.  It was rejected as a ring galaxy in "Stellar Disks of Collisional Ring Galaxies" (AJ 136, 1259,2008) by Romano et al.

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NGC 7829 = Arp 144 NED2 = VV 272b = MCG -02-01-025A = PGC 488

00 06 29.0 -13 25 14; Cet

V = 13.9;  Size 0.7'x0.7';  Surf Br = 12.9

 

48" (10/23/14): at 488x; bright, small, 15" diameter, sharply concentrated with a very bright core ~4" diameter increasing to an intense stellar nucleus.  The core is surrounded by a small round halo.  Forms a close, interacting pair (Arp 144 = VV 272) with much larger NGC 7828 just 0.6' NW.

 

17.5" (9/15/90): faint, round, extremely small, barely non-stellar.  Appears at first glance to be as a mag 14 star just off the SE end of NGC 7828!

 

Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7829 = LM 2-275, along with NGC 7828, in 1886 and noted "mag 15.0; 0.2' dia; R; suddenly brighter in the middle to a nucleus; neb?; Double, pair at 0.3' separation in PA 100°."  Herbert Howe reported "I can see no nebulosity; it appears to be simply a star of mag 13."  Perhaps he was not using a high enough magnification.  Its appearance on the DSS is very compact but definitely non-stellar.

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NGC 7830

00 06 12.5 +08 22 46; Psc

 

= *, Corwin.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7830 = m 595, along with NGC 7834, 7835, 7837, 7838 and 7840, on 29 Nov 1864 and noted an "eF, neb * 13 m."  At his position (25 seconds of time west of NGC 7834) is a 16th magnitude star. This is perhaps Marth's object, though it's surprising he would call it 13th magnitude."  In any case, there is no other nearby galaxies (besides the ones he discovered) that he might have picked up instead.  So, this number either refers to a faint star or is lost.

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NGC 7831 = IC 1530 = UGC 60 = MCG +05-01-032 = CGCG 498-078 = CGCG 499-050 = LGG 001-005 = PGC 569

00 07 19.5 +32 36 34; And

V = 12.8;  Size 1.7'x0.4';  Surf Br = 12.3;  PA = 38°

 

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.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7831 = Sw. 2-1 on 20 Sep 1885.  His description reads, "eF; vS; eE; bright star south; vF star very near."  There is nothing at his position, but 62 seconds of RA east and 8' north is UGC 60.  Similar offsets in RA and Dec yield identities for NGC 19, NGC 21 and NGC 7836, all discovered the same night (NGC 6 also shares the same offset in RA).  Furthermore, his comment of a "bright star south" matches mag 8.9 SAO 53654 located 2.2' S and "vF star very near" matches a mag 14 star at the southwest end 45" from center, so this identification is certain.

 

Bigourdan couldn't find NGC 7831 at Swift's position so when he rediscovered UGC 60 he assumed it was new and Dreyer catalogued Big. 357 as IC 1530.  CGCG, UGC, MCG label this galaxy as IC 1530 because of the unambiguous IC position, though Swift's number should apply by prior discovery.  For more, see Harold Corwin's identification notes and Malcolm Thomson's unpublished "Catalogue Corrections".

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NGC 7832 = IC 5386 = MCG -01-01-033 = PGC 485

00 06 28.5 -03 42 58; Psc

V = 12.3;  Size 1.9'x1.0';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 25°

 

17.5" (11/6/88): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, bright core, stellar nucleus.

 

William Herschel discovered NGC 7832 = H. III-190 = h4013 on 20 Sep 1784 (sweep 279).  He noted "very faint, very small." John Herschel made a single observation from the Cape of Good Hope: "F; R; first very gradually, then pretty suddenly brighter in the middle; has 2 stars 9m sf."  His position is accurate.

 

Lewis Swift rediscovered this galaxy on 12 Sep 1896 and described IC 5386 = Sw. 11-1 as "pB; pS; vE."  His position was 5' too far southeast.  The IC position (based on Herbert Howe's observation in 1898-99) matches NGC 7832.  Corwin notes that neither Swift, Dreyer nor Howe noticed the equivalence with NGC 7832.

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NGC 7833

00 06 31.9 +27 38 26; Peg

Size 2'

 

17.5" (10/21/95): this asterism consists of four faint mag 14.5-15 stars within a 1.3' diameter although three of the stars form a very small triangle with the fourth star 1' N.  The faintest of the four stars is the northern star in the small triangle.  Located 2' NE of a close well-matched double star and in the same low field with NGC 1 and 2, just 10' ENE.  Listed as nonexistent in RNGC.

 

Guillaume Bigourdan discovered NGC 7833 = Big. 101, along with NGC 7839, on 18 Nov 1886 and recorded "Small cluster (clump) of 2.5' diameter, consisting of very faint stars, including a bit of suspected nebulosity."  At his position (just 10' west-southwest of NGC 1) is a small group of 5 stars (1.3' diameter).  RNGC classifies the number as nonexistent (Type 7).  Archinal and Hynes mention my observation in the book "Star Clusters".

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NGC 7834 = UGC 49 = MCG +01-01-030 = CGCG 408-030 = PGC 504

00 06 37.9 +08 22 04; Psc

V = 14.3;  Size 1.1'x0.8';  Surf Br = 14.0;  PA = 18°

 

18" (10/21/06): extremely faint, very small, round, 15" diameter. Just follows a 40" pair of mag 13/14.5 stars oriented N-S that are close off the NW and SW side (40" NW and 25" SW).

 

17.5" (8/2/86): very faint, very diffuse, fairly small, even surface brightness.  Two stars are very close off the NW and SW end oriented N-S.  Largest in the NGC 3 group with NGC 7837/NGC 7838 4.3' ESE and NGC 7835 4.2' NE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7834 = m 596, along with NGC 7835, 7837, 7838 and 7840, on 29 Nov 1864 and noted "eeF, vS."  His position is just off the northwest edge of the galaxy.

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NGC 7835 = MCG +01-01-031 = PGC 505

00 06 46.8 +08 25 33; Psc

V = 14.6;  Size 0.5'x0.2';  Surf Br = 12.0;  PA = 162°

 

18" (10/21/06): extremely faint, very small, appears elongated 2:1 ~N-S but only 0.4'x0.2', very low surface brightness.  Located 3.4' E of a mag 12.5 star in the NGC 3 group.  NGC 7834 lies 4' SW and NGC 7837/7838 5' SE.

 

17.5" (8/2/86): very faint, very small, slightly elongated, diffuse.  Forms an isosceles triangle with a mag 12 star 3.4' W and a mag 13 star 4.5' NNW.  Located 4.0' NE of NGC 7834 in the NGC 3 group.  The NGC 7837/38 pair lies 5' SSE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7835 = m 597 on 29 Nov 1864 and noted "eF, S, R."  His position is accurate.  The same night he found NGC's 7834, 7837, 7838, 3 and 4.

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NGC 7836 = UGC 65 = CGCG 498-079 = CGCG 499-051 = Mrk 336 = LGG 001-006 = PGC 608

00 08 01.6 +33 04 15; And

V = 13.7;  Size 0.9'x0.5';  Surf Br = 12.7;  PA = 133°

 

17.5" (11/14/87): fairly faint, small, round, small bright core.  A string of four mag 11-12 stars of 5' length follows.  Not identified as NGC 7831 in the UGC or CGCG.  Listed as Anon 1 in the Webb Society Deep Sky Observers Handbook on Anonymous Galaxies.

 

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7836 = Sw. 2-2 on 20 Sep 1885 and recorded "eF; vS; R; between 2 stars."  There is nothing near his position but 75 seconds of RA east and 8' north is UGC 65.  Similar offsets in RA and Dec yield identities for NGC 19, NGC 21 and NGC 7831, all discovered the same night (NGC 6 also shares the same offset in RA).  Bigourdan measured a corrected position matching UGC 65 on 7 Sep 1888 (repeated in the IC 2 Notes).

 

UGC 65 is not labeled as NGC 7836 in the UGC or CGCG.  RNGC and PGC have the correct identification. See Malcolm Thomson's "CGCG Corrections" and Corwin's notes for more on the story.

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NGC 7837 = Arp 246 NED1 = MCG +01-01-035 = CGCG 408-034 = PGC 516

00 06 51.4 +08 21 05; Psc

V = 14.4;  Size 0.5'x0.3';  Surf Br = 11.8;  PA = 171°

 

18" (10/21/06): extremely faint and small, round, attached at the west edge of NGC 7388 (just 0.6' between centers).  The pair is occasionally resolved with this galaxy appearing as a separate knot on the west edge of elongated NGC 7388.

 

17.5" (8/2/86): very faint, very small, round.  Forms a tight double system with NGC 7838 at the east edge 38" between centers.  Member of the NGC 3 group with NGC 7834 4.2' WNW and NGC 7835 4.7' NNW.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7837 = m 598, along with NGC 7838, on 29 Nov 1864 and simply noted "eF, D neb [with NGC 7838].

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NGC 7838 = Arp 246 NED2 = MCG +01-01-036 = CGCG 408-034 = PGC 525

00 06 54.0 +08 21 03; Psc

V = 14.3;  Size 0.7'x0.3';  Surf Br = 12.8;  PA = 93°

 

18" (10/21/06): very faint, small, very elongated 2:1 E-W, 0.4'x0.2', low even surface brightness.  Forms a double system with NGC 7837 at the west edge.  The galaxies are only resolved part of the time, otherwise the single glow appears elongated ~3:1 E-W.  Located 6.4' NW of NGC 3.

 

17.5" (8/2/86): very faint, very small, round.  Forms a very close pair with NGC 7837 just 38" W of center.  Located in the NGC 3 group with NGC 7834 4.5' WNW and NGC 3 8' SE.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7838 = m 598, along with NGC 7837, on 29 Nov 1864 and simply noted "eF, D neb [with NGC 7837].

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NGC 7839

00 07 00.9 +27 38 15; Peg

V = 15.3

 

24" (10/12/20): NGC 7839 is a single mag 15.3 star located 5.4' SW of NGC 1.  It was identified at 200x and also viewed at 375x.  The appearance was completely stellar.  A very nice 6" pair of 11th mag stars (uncataloged) lies 8' WSW.

 

Guillaume Bigourdan discovered NGC 7839 = Big. 102, along with NGC 7833, on 18 Nov 1886.  He noted the size as 40"-50" with several points of condensation."  At his position (just 5' southwest of NGC 1) is a mag 15 star (with a mag 17 star at 21" separation), though the fainter star is likely too faint to have been seen in his 12-inch refractor.  The RNGC new description appears to apply to NGC 2, though the coordinates seem to refer to NGC 7839.

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NGC 7840 = PGC 1345780

00 07 08.8 +08 23 01; Psc

V = 15.5;  Size 0.4'x0.3';  PA = 127°

 

48" (10/24/11): at 610x appeared faint to fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated NW-SE, 24"x20", low even surface brightness.  Located 5.3' NNW of NGC 3 and 3.9' WNW of NGC 4.

 

18" (10/21/06): marginal galaxy in the NGC 3 group only glimpsed with averted and concentration, though it seemed to pop into view at the same location on a couple of occasions as a stellar or quasi-stellar knot.  Located 4' NE of NGC 7837/7838 and 5' NNW of NGC 3. Incorrectly classified as nonexistent in the RNGC.

 

Albert Marth discovered NGC 7840 = m 600 on 29 Nov 1864 and noted "eF, S."  The same night he discovered NGC's 7830, 7834, 7835, 7837, 7838, 3, 4.  With the exception of NGC 7830, which is mostly likely a star, the other members can be confidently identified with faint galaxies.  But there is no galaxy at his position for NGC 7840 and RNGC classifies the number as nonexistent.

 

However, Harold Corwin identifies PGC 1345780 as a likely candidate.  This extremely faint galaxy is ~3' south of Marth's position.  I missed it with my 17.5" and it was a marginal object in my 18", but Marth could have seen it using Lassell's 48" equatorial.  The identification was discussed with Corwin in personal correspondence on 18 Jul 1986.  The RNGC omission is listed in my RNGC Corrections #2.

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