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NGC4703

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:49:18.9
Declination: -9:6:30
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, cS, pmE
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4703

18" (4/9/05): very faint edge-on, 4:1 NW-SE, 1.0'x0.25', low even surface brightness.  Located 8' NE of mag 7.6 HD 111384.  On the DSS this galaxy looks like a miniature version of NGC 4565 with a bisecting dust lane and bulging core.