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NGC961

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:41:2.2
Declination: -6:56:8
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, pS, E 230°, * 10 att
Sub-type: Sm

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 961 = NGC 1051 = IC 249.  Stone's description matches Stephan's in every 
respect, but his (Stone's) RA is just 10 minutes of time off, an obvious digit
error.  See IC 249 for more on that story.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 961

See observing notes for NGC 1051.