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NGC4948

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:4:55.8
Declination: -7:56:47
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, pS, lE, I 130 f
Sub-type: SBd

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4948 may also be IC 4156.  See IC 4136 for the story.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4948

17.5" (5/17/90): very faint, fairly small, edge-on 4:1 NW-SE, low surface brightness.  A mag 15 star (Holm 505b) is at the southeast end, 1.1' from center.  NGC 4958 lies 14' ESE and NGC 4942 20' NNW.