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NGC4952

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:4:58.5
Declination: +29:7:21
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R, psbM * 11
Sub-type: E4

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4952 = NGC 4962, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4952

18" (4/5/03): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:3 SSW-NNE, 0.6'x0.35'.  A small brighter core stands out but no nucleus was visible.  A mag 11 star lies 4.8' SSE.  NGC 4966 is 17' ESE.  Outlying member of AGC 1656.