See notes for NGC 982.
400/500mm - 17.5" (11/27/92): faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 WNW-ESE, small bright core, similar appearance but slightly fainter by 0.5 mag than NGC 982 3.5' S. Identifications of NGC 980 NGC 982 reversed in the RNGC, UGC, CGCG.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb