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NGC987
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:36:49.5
Declination: +33:19:38
Constellation: TRI
Visual Magnitude: 12.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, S, vlE, bM, r, 2 st 14 np
Sub-type: SB0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 987
13.1" (11/29/86): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated SW-NE, small bright core. Located 26' N of mag 6.3 SAO 55711.