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NGC956
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:32:14.9
Declination: +44:38:48
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1831
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: Cl, pRi, st 9…15
Sub-type: IV1p
Steve's Notes
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NGC 956
17.5" (11/26/94): 15 stars mag 12-14 and two mag 9 stars in a 5'x2' group, very elongated N-S. The two mag 9 stars bracket the group at the north (mag 8.9 SAO 38098) and south ends. Not rich but stands out reasonably well at low power as the stars form a rough curving "S" asterism. Two additional mag 9/10 stars are 3' and 5' W of SAO 38098 but do not appear part of the cluster. The classification of this group as a true cluster is doubtful.