NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC936
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:27:37.5
Declination: -1:9:23
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 10.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vB, vL, R, mbMN, p of 2
Sub-type: SB0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 936
17.5" (12/4/93): bright, fairly large, very bright core 30"x20" elongated E-W (bar), core increases to almost stellar nucleus. The much larger fainter halo extends up to 3.0'x1.5'. Three mag 9 stars lie N; mag 8.7 SAO 129912 8' NNW, mag 9 SAO 12911 12' NNW, mag 9.5 12' N. Forms a wide pair with NGC 941 12.5' E.
8" (1/1/84): bright, moderately large, very bright core, oval NW-SE. Forms a pair with NGC 941 12' E.