| Position: | 23h 40m 02s Dec +26d 37m 45s |
| Size: | 10' |
| Brightest star: | TYC 2254 59 1, 11.1 mag |
This asterism of 10' size looks like one of the shields the mediaval knights used. It is not upstanding but lying with its long side nearly alined to the east-west direction.
The object lies close to the northern rim of the "Pegasus Square", about 6 degree east and 2,5 degree south of Alpha Andromedae. Below you find one finder-chart for the object (click to enlarge).
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This area is full of galaxies of modest brightness. With more than 20cm aperture several of them can be detected.
BACK(c) by Frank Leiter