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NGC1979
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 5:34:1.1
Declination: -23:18:37
Constellation: LEP
Visual Magnitude: 11.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, stellar
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1979
17.5" (12/3/88): fairly faint, small, round, bright core, faint stellar nucleus. IC 2138 lies 14' SE and NGC 1964 is 80' N.