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NGC4730

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:52:0.5
Declination: -41:8:49
Constellation: CEN
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: 2nd of 3 p, a little s of h 3433
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4730.  See NGC 4729.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4730

17.5" (4/7/89): very faint, small.  A star lies off the south edge.  Forms a close pair with NGC 4749 2.8' WNW.  Member of the Centaurus Cluster (AGC 3526).  Misidentified in the RNGC as ESO 323-009.