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NGC4692

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:47:55.2
Declination: +27:13:20
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, cS, R, bM
Sub-type: E0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4692 = NGC 4702, which see.  Also see IC 823 for a different confusion.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4692

17.5" (3/20/93): fairly faint, small, round, weak concentration.  Located 7' NNW of mag 8.0 SAO 82502.  Three mag 13.5-14 stars forming an equilateral triangle cradle the galaxy off the SW, south and SE sides.  Outlying member of AGC 1656.