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NGC4447

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 12:28:12.4
Declination: +13:53:59
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: eeF, pS, R
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 4447 24" (5/29/14): faint to fairly faint, small, round, 25" diameter, weak concentration. Forms a pair with NGC 4446 1.6' WNW. Located 12' WSW of NGC 4459. 18" (4/5/03): very faint, very small, round, 0.4'. Slightly smaller of a close pair with NGC 4446 1.6' WNW. In a galaxy-rich area 12.5' WSW of NGC 4459 and 6' SW of a mag 9.6 star.