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NGC4699

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 12:49:2.2
Declination: -8:39:50
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 9.5

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: vB, R, vmbMrN, r
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 4699 17.5" (4/21/90): very bright, moderately large, elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE, very small intense core with a bright stellar nucleus.