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NGC4969
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:7:2.4
Declination: +13:38:12
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift E.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: eeF, S, R, v diffic
Sub-type: E-S0
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 4969 is a double galaxy found by Edward Swift. It is not mentioned as a
double in the description that Lewis Swift gives in his sixth list, so it is
likely that Edward saw it simply as a faint nebula. The western component is
slightly brighter, but the Swifts' position is bad, so we really can't say
which object to put the NGC on. Since the two are overlapping, I've assumed
that both contributed to the visual appearance, and have adopted the mean
position as that for the NGC object.
See NGC 4740 for more about other nebulae that Edward Swift found on the night
of 27 April 1887, and how this one fits in.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4969
18" (5/16/09): faint, small, round, 22" diameter, fairly low evey surface brightness. A mag 15.5 star is just off the north edge.