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NGC4798

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:54:55.3
Declination: +27:24:46
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pF, pS, gbM
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4798 = NGC 4797, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4798

17.5" (5/14/94): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated N-S, very weak concentration.  A mag 14 star is 1.0' S of center and a mag 10 star 7.5' E.  Member of AGC 1656 with NGC 4788 10.9' SW, NGC 4807 9.9' NE and IC 3900 14.5' SE.