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NGC4473
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:29:48.7
Declination: +13:25:47
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 10.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB
Sub-type: E5
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4473
24" (5/29/14): bright, fairly large, elongated 2:1 E-W, 2.0'x1.0', sharply concentrated with an intensely bright core that increases to a quasi-stellar nucleus.
18" (6/12/10): bright, fairly large, elongated 5:2 E-W, 2.4'x1.0'. Sharply concentrated with a small, intense core, ~30"x15" that increases smoothly to the center.
17.5" (4/25/87): bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 ~E-W, small but intense core, stellar nucleus. NGC 4477 lies 13' N.
13" (5/14/83): bright, elongated E-W, small very bright nucleus.