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NGC4897

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:0:52.9
Declination: -13:26:56
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Tempel
Year of discovery: 1882
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: F
Sub-type: SBbc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4897 is the big Sc galaxy incorrectly called "NGC 4891" in Shapley-Ames,
RC1, RC2, RNGC, and RSA.  See NGC 4891 for more.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4897

17.5" (5/22/93): fairly faint, fairly small, round, halo gradually brightens, faint stellar nucleus.  A mag 15 star is 2' NW (= NGC 4891).  Incorrectly identified as NGC 4891 in modern catalogues.