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NGC2963
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 9:47:49.8
Declination: +72:57:52
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 13.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, R, bM
Sub-type: SBab
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 2963. JH's RA is in error by -1 minute of time, an error shared by its
neighboring galaxy (the brighter of a pair), NGC 2957 (which see).
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2963
17.5" (4/4/92): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, broadly concentrated halo, faint extensions. A wide double star mag 11/13 is 1.8' S of center (30" separation in PA 45¡). Forms a pair with NGC 2957 3' WNW.