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NGC1956

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 5:19:35.6
Declination: -77:43:47
Constellation: MEN
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: eF, S, gbM
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1956 24" (4/4/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): excellent, fairly large edge-on at 200x, ~2.0'x0.6'. Sharply concentrated with a small, round bright core and much fainter extensions WSW-ENE. A faint star is just beyond the SW tip. This galaxy has an absorbtion lane (dust) along the north side, although this feature was not noted.