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NGC974
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:34:25.7
Declination: +32:57:18
Constellation: TRI
Visual Magnitude: 12.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, R, bM, 4th of 5
Sub-type: Sb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 974
18" (1/26/11): fairly faint, moderately large, slightly elongated SW-NE, 1.0'x0.8', broad concentration in the halo, then sharply concentrated with a small bright core. Bracketed by a mag 14 star 0.8' S, and a mag 14.5 star 0.9' N. Forms the eastern vertex of a small triangle with brighter NGC 969 3.8' W and NGC 970 3.3' NW. NGC 978 lies 8' SE. Located 4' SE of a mag 10 star and 11' NW of mag 8.1 HD 16015.
17.5" (12/4/93): fairly faint, fairly small, almost round, small brighter core. Situated between two mag 14 stars 56" NNW and 45" SSE. Located in the NGC 978 group with NGC 969 3.8' W, NGC 970 3.3' NW, NGC 978 8' SSE.
13" (12/22/84): fairly faint, slightly elongated, moderately large, broadly concentrated, diffuse halo, two faint stars on opposite ends. Forms a pair with NGC 969 3.9' W. NGC 970 not seen.