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NGC4917

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:0:55.5
Declination: +47:13:21
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1828
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, E, bM
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4917

18" (6/27/03): very faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE.  Initially appeared only 0.4' diameter.  But with averted vision, very low surface brightness extensions were glimpsed increasing the dimensions to 0.8'x0.4' with a rounder, brighter core.  Located 10' E of NGC 4901.