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NGC940

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:29:27.4
Declination: +31:38:29
Constellation: TRI
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R, bM
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 940 is also NGC 952, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 940

17.5" (12/23/92): moderately bright, fairly small, round, prominent small bright core, stellar nucleus, high surface brightness.  NGC 931 lies 25' SW.