NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC4048
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:2:50.1
Declination: +18:0:56
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, R, psbM
Sub-type: S?
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4048
17.5" (5/11/02): faint, very small, elongated 3:2 E-W, 0.5'x0.35', even surface brightness. A mag 11.5 star lies 3.0' NW.