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NGC4705

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:49:24.9
Declination: -5:11:43
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cF, pL, lE
Sub-type: SBbc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4705.  See IC 825.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4705

17.5" (4/4/92): fairly faint, moderately large, very elongated 3:1 WSW-ENE, brighter middle but no core.  A mag 14.5 star is involved at the east edge 0.9' SE of center.  Located 5' SSW of mag 8.8 SAO 138982.  NGC 4718 lies 19' ESE.