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NGC 157
NGC 157, LEDA 2081, MCG-02-02-056, II 3, GC 78
Type: galaxy, Sc
Mag: B=10, V=19
Size: 4.168′ x 2.511′
PA: 40°
History and Accurate Positions for the NGC/IC Objects (Corwin 2004)
NGC 157. See NGC 7667 where this galaxy -- N157 -- figures in the Father Secchi mysteries.
Historical observations
William Herschel (c.1784)
Synonyms:H II-003
Discovered in 1783 by William Herschel with an 18.7-inch f/13 speculum telescope. He called it "F L mE, between two considerably bright stars."
Published comments
Photo index
Photo index by Jim Lucyk: Hubble Atl.of Gal. (Sandage 1961) p29, Burnhams V1 p645, Rev.Shapley-Ames Cat.of Bright Gal. (Sandage,Tammann 1981) p101.
Sulentic & Tifft (1973)
The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that this is a 11.5 mag galaxy. Their coded description reads S,HISB,DKLNS, KNY&DIF PERIPH.
Sandage, A. (1961) The Hubble Atlas of Galaxies
This galaxy appears on page 29 of "The Hubble Atlas of Galaxies" by Allan Sandage (1961, Washington, DC).
Modern observations
Steve Coe
Steve Coe, using a 13" f/5.6, notes: "Pretty bright, large, elongated 2 X 1 and somewhat brighter in the middle at 100X. An 11th mag star in involved on the east side. At 135X this galaxy shows some mottling in moments of good seeing."
Burnham's Celestial Handbook
Burnham calls it a 11.1 mag many-armed spiral galaxy in Cetus, 2.8' x 2.1', "pretty bright, large, elongated."
Tom Lorenzin
Tom Lorenzin, in the electronic version of "1000+ The Amateur Astronomers' Field Guide to Deep Sky Observing", notes the magnitude as 11.1 and comments: "3'x 2' extent; nearly face-on spiral; 1.3 degrees N and a little E of N151; photo @ HAG-29."
Ancient City Astron.Club (1980)
Listed by the Herschel Club, described as "oval shaped, fuzzy with a bright nucleus fading in brightness towards the outer rim. Two field stars are situated within the galaxy. 8-inch, 48x."
Brian Skiff
Lick: pa25. two f *ings (*clouds?) NE&NW of center. another SW of center on E-facing flank.
Hubble: pa30.
15cm - easily seen btwn two *s. lg, faint to see. 3'x2'. a rectangular block sometimes seen. fairly evenly graduated in light. complex core? impressive.
25cm - vbr and lg. granular. m12.5 * on NE. elong N-S, 3'.5x2'. framed by two m9 *s. broad concen.
30cm - nice object. borad, not well concen, but mod br overall. pa 30. dark mottlings on E side. m13 * just w/in outer halo to N. 217x shows rest of object's core mottled w/brtr regions. averted vis shows vf vsm *ings running along maj axis, brtst one being nuc, others SW of it.
Contemporary observations
Tom Bryant
2009 12 16 19:18:37
Observing site: Little Tycho Observatory
Telescope: C-8
[0h 34m 48s, -8° 24' 0"] A bright, compact, elliptical smudge. Very nice.
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