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NGC984

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:34:43.0
Declination: +23:24:49
Constellation: ARI
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1871
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, eS, R, bM
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 984

17.5" (1/20/90): fairly faint, very small, slightly elongated WNW-ESE, small very bright core.  A mag 12.5 star is 1.2' S.  Located 6' SE of mag 8.4 SAO 75448 6' NW.  This is a double system (not resolved) with a very small, faint companion at the SE end.