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NGC971

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:34:15.7
Declination: +32:58:45
Constellation: TRI
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stoney B.
Year of discovery: 1850
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, 3rd of 5
Sub-type: *

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 971 is a star.  Lord Rosse's diagram and micrometric measurements with 
respect to NGC 970 point exactly to the star.  Thus, though some have taken 
the faint companion of NGC 970 as NGC 971, this is incorrect.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 971

18" (1/26/11): at 285x an extremely faint mag 15.5 star (mistaken as a nebula at Birr Castle) situated 0.9' due east of NGC 970.  It's sandwiched between NGC 970 and a mag 14 star 0.9' NE.  Also lies 1.6' SE of a mag 10 star.