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NGC990

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:36:18.1
Declination: +11:38:32
Constellation: ARI
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R, psbM
Sub-type: E2

Steve's Notes

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NGC 990

17.5" (12/23/92): fairly faint, small, round, small bright core, stellar nucleus, even symmetrical concentration from halo to nucleus.  Located 6' W of a mag 9.5 star and 4' N of a mag 10.5 star.