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NGC4947

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:5:20.2
Declination: -35:20:13
Constellation: CEN
Visual Magnitude: 11.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, pL, R, vglbM
Sub-type: SBb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4947 = IC 3974, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4947

18" (3/17/07): moderately bright, fairly large, elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE, 1.3'x0.9', broad concentration.  Collinear with a mag 9 star 8' NNE and a mag 7.8 star (HD 113678) 14' NNE.