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NGC4939

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:4:14.3
Declination: -10:20:24
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, L, R, gmbM
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4939

17.5" (5/17/90): moderately bright, fairly large, large low surface brightness oval halo 2:1 SSW-NNE, increases to a brighter core.  A mag 15 star is 1.4' NW of center.