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NGC4958

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:5:48.9
Declination: -8:1:12
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 10.7

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vB, pS, E, bMBN
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4958

17.5" (5/17/90): bright, moderately large, edge-on 4:1 SSW-NNE, dominated by a small very bright core.  A mag 13.5 star is off the west edge 1.4' WSW of center.  NGC 4948 lies 14' NW.