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NGC963

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:30:31.1
Declination: -4:12:56
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R, gbM, r
Sub-type: Irr

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 963 = IC 1808.  Leavenworth's position, like many of his, is too far east
by over a minute of time.  But his declination and description, like many of
his, are about right.  Since he left us no sketch of the field, we have to
depend on just the declination and description, but I have little doubt that
they refer to IC 1808.  Javelle rediscovered the galaxy about a decade after
Leavenworth saw it; the position he measured at Nice -- and therefore the IC2
position -- is correct.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 963

17.5" (12/4/93): faint, small, round, weak concentration but no distinct core.  Located just north of the midpoint of the line connecting two mag 13/14 stars 2' SE and 2' WNW.  Incorrect identification in the RNGC.