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NGC4049

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:2:54.5
Declination: +18:45:9
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: eF, pS, R, glbM
Sub-type: Sd

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4049

17.5" (5/11/02): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 1.0'x0.7', weak broad concentration.  A mag 11 star is 2.6' SE and another mag 11.5 star is 5' following.