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NGC1973
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 5:35:4.8
Declination: -4:43:55
Constellation: ORI
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1862
Discovery aperture: 11.0
Observational
Summary description: * 8ยท9 inv in Neb (V 30)
Sub-type: EN
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1973
24" (1/22/15): locally bright (reflection?) nebula surrounding mag 6.9 HD 36958, embedded within the much larger NGC 1977 complex. Extends ~4' diameter in a circular glow, though the perphery is not well defined. A fainter star 34" NNE is involved in the nebula and at moments seemed to be encased in its own small halo. NGC 1975 is 4.4' NE.
13.1": bright reflection nebulosity surrounding 7th magnitude SAO 132302. See NGC 1977.