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NGC4973

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:5:32.1
Declination: +53:41:8
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, S
Sub-type: E0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4973 = IC 847, which see.  Also see NGC 4967.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4973

18" (6/27/03): faint, small, slightly elongated, 25"x20", weak concentration to a slightly brighter core and a ver faint stellar nucleus.  In a small, rich group with MCG +09-21-101 4.7' WSW and NGC 4974 3.8' SE  Located 2.6' E of a mag 11 star.  A mag 13 star lies 2' SE midway between NGC 4973 and NGC 4974.