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NGC4974

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:5:55.9
Declination: +53:39:33
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, S
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4974.  See NGC 4967.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4974

18" (6/27/03): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, ~25"x20" NW-SE, moderate concentration with a 10" brighter core.  The halo increases in size with averted to 0.6' in diameter.  In a rich group with similar NGC 4973 3.8' SE and fainter.  A mag 13 star lies 1.9' WNW close to midpoint with NGC 4973.