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NGC970
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:34:11.7
Declination: +32:58:35
Constellation: TRI
Visual Magnitude: 14.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stoney B.
Year of discovery: 1850
Discovery aperture: 72.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, R, 2nd of 5
Sub-type: S
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 970. See NGC 971.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 970
18" (1/26/11): faintest in a trio with NGC 969 2' SSW and NGC 974 3.3' SE. At 285x appeared extremely faint, very small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 15"x10". Located 1.5' S of a mag 10 star. Two mag 14 stars lie 1.3' NW and 1.7' NE. NGC 971 is a 15.5 magnitude star 0.9' E.
17.5" (12/4/93): extremely faint, very small, round. Located near the midpoint and just east of the line connecting a mag 9.5 star 1.5' N and NGC 969 2' SSW. A mag 14.5 star is 1.3' WNW. This is a double system (unresolved). NGC 971 is a single 15th magnitude star 1' E. Member of the NGC 978 group with NGC 974 3.3' ESE and NGC 978 10' SE.