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NGC4968

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:7:6.0
Declination: -23:40:37
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, pL, R, glbM
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4968

17.5" (4/13/96): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, 1.2'x0.6', broad concentration to a slightly brighter core.  Located south of a 6' collinear string of 4 mag 13 stars that is parallel to the major axis of the galaxy.  NGC 4970 lies 20' SSE.