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NGC982

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:35:24.8
Declination: +40:52:10
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, S, nf of 2
Sub-type: Sa

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 982.  See NGC 980.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 982

17.5" (11/27/92): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 NW-SE, small bright core, stellar nucleus.  Located 2' NE of a mag 10 star.  Brighter of a striking pair with NGC 980 3.5' NNW.  Identifications of NGC 980 and NGC 982 are reversed in the RNGC, UGC, CGCG.