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NGC4944
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:3:50.0
Declination: +28:11:7
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 12.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, S, R, bM, * 9 nf 1'
Sub-type: S0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4944
17.5" (5/19/01): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 E-W, 1.0'x0.4', very small bright core. Situated between two mag 11 stars 2' NE and 4' SW with NGC 4943 6' S. This is one of the brighter members of AGC 1656.