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NGC949
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:30:48.8
Declination: +37:8:9
Constellation: TRI
Visual Magnitude: 11.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cB, L, E, vgbM
Sub-type: Sb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 949
17.5" (12/23/92): fairly bright, fairly large, elongated 5:2 NW-SE, fainter outer halo extends dimensions to 2.0'x0.8', broad concentration, no distinct core but brighter along major axis. A mag 14 star is at the SE tip. Located in a fairly rich star field. Member of the NGC 1023 Group.
8" (11/28/81): faint, small, slightly elongated NW-SE, weak concentration. Located 30' E of a mag 7 star.