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NGC972

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:34:13.3
Declination: +29:18:37
Constellation: ARI
Visual Magnitude: 11.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, cL, lE, gmbM, 3 st s
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 972

17.5" (12/23/92): bright, fairly large, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 2.0'x1.0', large bright core dominates, much fainter outer halo, appears brighter on the southeast side.  Three stars (including two mag 9 stars at 45" separation) are in a line off the southwest flank and equally spaced.

8" (11/8/80): fairly faint, round, bright core, bright double star to SW.