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Apologies for being late to the discussion, but where does the number '26' come from??? I understand the 10, with 'J' being the tenth letter, and 'S' is the nineteenth, of course, but I cannot figure out where the 26 is coming from..? :? 26 letters in the alphabet :!: :idea: Supernova discoveries a...

Is it NGC 981 or NGC 918 (as the linked-to sites refer to it)? I'm fairly certain it is NGC 918, even the APOD link galaxy NGC 981 links to the NED entry for NGC 918. And the Sky Factory Deep Sky Catalogue picture for NGC 918 (rotated cw 90) certainly looks more like the APOD than NGC 981 . Thanx, ...

Is it NGC 981 or NGC 918 (as the linked-to sites refer to it)?