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NGC959

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:32:24.0
Declination: +35:29:42
Constellation: TRI
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1876
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, pL, lE, lbM
Sub-type: Sd

Steve's Notes

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NGC 959

17.5" (11/1/86): moderately bright, fairly large, weak concentration, slightly elongated WSW-ENE.  Located 13' S of mag 7.6 SAO 55638 and 39' S of 14 Trianguli (V = 5.2).  Member of the NGC 1023 Group.