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NGC4971

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:6:54.9
Declination: +28:32:55
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, lE, ** nr n
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4971

18" (7/1/03): faint, small, irregular round, 0.6'x0.5', weak concentration with a faint stellar nucleus or a very faint star may be superimposed.  This galaxy is collinear with a pretty pair of mag 11 stars [18" separation] located 3' NNW.  NGC 4983 lies 24' SE.