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NGC4047

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:2:50.6
Declination: +48:38:12
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, pS, R
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4047

17.5" (4/25/98): moderately bright and large, ~1.3'x1.1', halo slightly elongated ~E-W.  Fairly well concentrated with a fainter halo surrounding a bright core and nucleus.  A mag 11 star lies 3.6' WSW.  Sky hazy with smoke.