NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 6962 is the brightest in a group of 8-10 galaxies in Aquarius. It and the second brightest galaxy here, NGC 6964, were found by William Herschel, and remeasured by John Herschel. Of all the galaxies in the group, these two are the only ones with absolutely positive identifications in the literature. The others (N6959, N6961, N6963, N6965, N6966, N6967, I5057, I5058, and I5061) have all been misidentified at one time or another. I think that I've sorted out the mess as well as possible, but the published record remains contradictory for a couple of the objects. See the separate discussions of the other NGC and IC numbers for more details.

===== NGC 6962 18" (8/1/05): moderately bright, fairly small, round, 0.7' diameter. Contains a bright core that increases to a quasi-stellar nucleus with direct vision. Brightest in the group and collinear with NGC 6964 less than 2' SE and NGC 6961 3' NW. A distinctive obtuse triangle of mag 11 and 12 stars is a few arcminutes to the SW. 17.5" (7/16/88): brightest in the NGC 6962 group. Moderately bright, fairly small, round, bright core, stellar nucleus. On a line with NGC 6964 1.8' SE and NGC 6961 3.3' NW. Also forms an equilateral triangle with NGC 6959 7.1' NW and NGC 6967 6.6' NE. 17.5" (8/31/86): moderately bright, roundish, strong bright core, stellar nucleus. 13" (7/27/84): fairly bright, fairly small, small bright core, almost round. Largest and brightest in a group.