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NGC4697

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:48:35.8
Declination: -5:48:0
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 9.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vB, L, lE 45° ±, smbMN
Sub-type: E6

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4697.  See NGC 3679.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4697

17.5" (4/21/90): very bright, fairly large, elongated 2:1 WSW-ENE.  Even concentration in halo, then a very bright intense core.  The large halo gradually fades out at edges.  A mag 12 star is 2.7' NE of center.  Located 35' NNE of mag 6.3 SAO 138967.  Visible in the 16x80 finder.  Brightest in a large, loose galaxy group (LGG 314) with two dozen members including NGC 4731, 4941, 4948, 4951 and 4958.