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NGC945

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:28:37.2
Declination: -10:32:20
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, L, iR, glbM
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 945

17.5" (12/4/93): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, weak concentration to a small core.  A mag 14 star is off the SE side 1.4' from center.  Located 5' N of mag 8.5 SAO 148906.  Forms a pair with much fainter NGC 948 2.5' NE.  Brightest in a group.