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NGC944

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:26:41.6
Declination: -14:30:57
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, mE 0°, sbM
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 944 = IC 228.  Javelle's position for IC 228 is accurate, but 
Leavenworth's for NGC 944 is not.  As is usual for many of the Leander 
McCormick nebulae in the first two AJ lists, the crude position there is over 
1.5 minutes of time too far east.  

Fortunately, Leavenworth has left us a sketch showing not just the nebula, but 
two nearby field stars in their correct relative positions and brightnesses.  
The brighter of the stars is BD -15 430, Javelle's reference star.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 944

17.5" (10/8/94): faint small streak, elongated 3:1 N-S, 0.7'x0.2'.  A mag 14 star is 2.3' E of center.  Two bright stars are following: mag 9 SAO 148394 4.3' ENE and mag 9.3 SAO 148395 7.2' SE.