NGC 7339 NGC 7625
Peg
☀12.1mag
Ø 4.7' / 2.7'
Drawing Uwe Glahn

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/25/97): this difficult Local Group member (M31 subsystem) was not seen at 220x. At 100x a very low surface brightness hazy region with no concentration was visible just following a trio of mag 12 stars. It was very difficult to estimate the dimensions and orientation as the halo gradually faded into the background but the faint glow appeared roughly 4'x2', extended WNW-ESE. Also viewed at 140x, although no other details were seen. I would have passed right over this object without a finder chart and use of low power.

600/800mm - 24" (10/5/13): picked up at 200x as a faint, large, very diffuse elongated glow with a couple of stars superimposed. This Local Group dwarf appeared roughly 4.0'x2.0', extended WNW-ESE. The surface brightness is quite low and fairly even, except for a slightly brighter 30" patch (core?) near the center. A mag 14 star is just within the ESE end (the patch is ~1' WNW of this star) and a brighter mag 12.7 star is embedded on the south side of WNW end.

900/1200mm - 48" (10/28/19): at 375x; faint, very large, low surface brightness glow, easily seen but featureless except for a relatively large slightly brighter central region [~1.5' in diameter]. The edges of the halo faded out without any definite edge but perhaps extended 4'x2' WNW-ESE. A mag 12.8 star is along the south side of the WNW end. The glow seems to extend beyond a mag 14.4 star on the ESE end.

LEDA 214961, easily visible 1.6' SSW of center, appeared faint (at low power), fairly small, very elongated 4:1 ~E-W, thin streak, 25"x6".

IV Zw 152, situated off the ESE end [4.4' from center], was nearly moderately bright, fairly small, round, well defined halo extending 20"-24", moderately high surface brightness.