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NGC4966

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:6:17.3
Declination: +29:3:46
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, vlE, vglbM, ** sp
Sub-type: SBab

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4966.  See NGC 4962 = NGC 4952.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4966

18" (4/5/03): faint, small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, 0.5'x0.25'.  Located 2.5' NE of mag 6.5 SAO 82648, which detracts from viewing. This star has a faint, 14th magnitude companion.  NGC 4952 lies 17' WNW.  Outlying member of AGC 1656 and classified as a Seyfert galaxy.