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NGC976

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:33:59.9
Declination: +20:58:38
Constellation: ARI
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Tempel
Year of discovery: 1876
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, 4 F st nr
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 976

17.5" (1/20/90): moderately bright, fairly small, irregularly round, large bright core, very small bright nucleus. 

13" (9/3/86): fairly faint, fairly small, round, bright core.  Situated between two faint stars oriented N-S.  Located about 30' SE of a mag 7 star.