Telescope Reviews: Re: NGC 7331

Ed,

By all means, go for it. I usually observe from sites that are NLM 6+, and in all of them NGC 7331 shows up without too much difficulty in an 8x50 finder for my Dobsonian. A pair of 60+mm binoculars from a NLM-5.5 sky should do the trick.

Ed and Tomasso,

The discussion of NGC 7331 and its environs brings an interesting thought into this insane brain of mine. Can any of Stephen's Quintet be spotted with 80mm+ binoculars from a really, REALLY dark sky? The brightest member is NGC 7320, mag~12.7, Sb~12.9 (c/o NSOG). There'll all pretty faint, but they're all relatively compact, each spanning about the same amount of sky as Jupiter, and none has a Sb below 14. Would any of the Stephen's Quintet galaxies be a worthwile objects to add to a Binocular "O'Meara" List, or would they require "averted imagination"?

Clear Skies,
Phil

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Edited by EdZ (08/10/06 06:06 AM)

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