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NGC977
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:33:3.4
Declination: -10:45:34
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: eF, pS, R, vlbM, am sc st
Sub-type: Sa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 977
48" (10/26/11): at 488x this galaxy is sharply concentrated with a very intense oval core oriented WSW-ENE, ~36"x27", The core increases to a bright quasi-stellar nucleus and sometimes a stellar point. The core is surrounded by a much fainter outer halo, 1.6'x1.3', that is only slightly elongated SSW-NNE. PGC 175239 was picked up 5' NNE.
17.5" (12/4/93): faint, small, round, weak concentration, occasional stellar nucleus. Just NW are three equally spaced stars mag 11 and 12 which form a line NW-SE of length 6'. Located 7.7' SSE of mag 8.9 SAO 148452. NGC 981 lies 13' SSW.