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NGC4726
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:50:46.0
Declination: -14:16:4
Constellation: CRV
Visual Magnitude: 14.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Tempel
Year of discovery: 1882
Discovery aperture: 11.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, 4' n of D neb
Sub-type: S0
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 4726. There has been confusion over this number ever since Howe's first
note appeared in Volume 58 of the Monthly Notices for 1898 (page 515):
The NGC place of this nebula of Tempel's seems to be considerably out,
both in R.A. and declination. The correct position is 12h46m18s,
-13d40.6m.
This precesses to 12 48 55, -13 56.9 for B1950.0, and refers to IC 3834 (which
see). The confusion is understandable as Tempel's original note reads simply,
"Near the fine double nebula [GC] 3250-51 [NGC 4724-27], 4 arcmin further
north, is a fainter companion." Dreyer just took the average of the positions
for NGC 4724 and 4727, adopted the RA and subtracted 4 arcmin for the north
polar distance. This makes the declination very close to correct, but the RA
is off by about 9 seconds.
Tempel's nebula is a spindle galaxy; this is probably why Howe missed it. In
any case, he took the only other galaxy he could find in the area, the one we
now call IC 3834 (which is probably not NGC 4740, by the way; see the other
numbers for notes).
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4726
18" (5/16/09): extremely faint, very small, slightly elongated, 15"x12". Based on this description I only viewed the core region of this thin edge-on. Located 1.2' SSE of a mag 12 star and 4.5' NW of the NGC 4724/4727 duo. The identification of this NGC number is uncertain and most other sources equate it with IC 3834.
IC 3834 appeared faint, small, round, low even surface brightness. A mag 15 star lies 43" W of center. Located 11' NE of the NGC 4727/4724 pair.