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NGC4959
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:5:41.0
Declination: +33:10:46
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 14.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: eF, S, R
Sub-type: Sa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4959
18" (6/4/05): faint, very small, round, 0.4' diameter. Contains a faint stellar nucleus with direct vision in good seeing.