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NGC4838

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:57:56.1
Declination: -13:3:37
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1831
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, R, 3 S st sp
Sub-type: SBb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4838.  See NGC 4844.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4838

17.5" (3/29/89): faint, small, round, weak concentration, faint stellar nucleus.  Located 5' NNE of a mag 9 star (double star mag 8.8/9.0 at 2").  NGC 4847 lies 9.3' SE.