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NGC4793
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:54:40.7
Declination: +28:56:17
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 11.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, pS, lE, * 8 nf 1'
Sub-type: SBc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4793
17.5" (5/14/94): fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, 2.0'x1.0', fairly high irregular surface brightness, broad concentration with no well-defined core. A mag 15 star lies about 1' off the SW edge and 1.7' WSW of center. Located 1.8' S of a mag 9.5 star which detracts from viewing. At 280x, a very small bright nucleus is visible and there is an impression of a dark patch or dust along the NE extension.