NGC 7772 (OCL-230, C2349+159) Open Cluster in Pegasus
Located at: RA 23 hours 51 minutes 46 seconds, Dec +16 degrees 14 minutes 41 seconds
Size: 5.0'; Magnitude: --; Class: III 1 p*
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -25c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Red (Hoya 25A) filter, 110 minutes (11 x 10 minute subs), 12/19/2006 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.1, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes:* |
"Star Clusters", by Brent Archinal and Steven Hynes, lists NGC 7772 as a Class III1p cluster with an Alias of C 2349+159. From the NGC / IC Project: Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 7772 NGC 7772 = Lund 1049 = OCL-230 23 51 46 +16 14.9 Size 5 13.1": small group of 7 stars from mag 11.5-14.5. The two brightest stars are at the SW and N end. The other five stars are arranged in a distinctive "V" asterism with a vertex and open to the E. - by Steve GottliebHistorical Research Notes / Correction for NGC 7772 *NGC 7772 is an asterism of 7 stars, the southern-most brighter than the others. Still, it is a striking object, well isolated, and would probably stand out quite well at the eyepiece. - Dr. Harold G. Corwin, Jr. The CDS lists NGC 7772 as a "Cluster of Stars". |