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NGC96
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:22:17.8
Declination: +22:32:48
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 14.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 12.4
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, vlbM
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 96
18" (11/22/08): very faint, small, round, 24" diameter, irregular surface brightness. Occasionally a faint star at the edge or possibly a stellar nucleus sparkles. Last of 20 galaxies viewed in the NGC 80 group. The SDSS reveals a faint star is superimposed.
17.5" (9/19/87): very faint, very small, slightly larger but more diffuse than NGC 94. Located at the NE edge of the NGC 80 group.