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NGC4683

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:47:42.2
Declination: -41:31:44
Constellation: CEN
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, pS, R, vgbM, S * sp
Sub-type: E/SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4683

18" (7/7/05 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 0.5'x0.3', moderate concentration with a 10" core.  A mag 14.5 star is off the SE end and a mag 13 star lies 1.0' SW.  Located 18' SW of NGC 4696 in the core of the Centaurus Cluster (AGC 3526).