7229 7227
Lac
☀13.5mag
Ø 2.1' / 72''

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Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7228 = St IV-9, along with NGC 7227, on 1 Sep 1872. His micrometric position is very accurate. It's surprising he missed UGC 11950!

400/500mm - 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.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb