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NGC4976
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:8:37.4
Declination: -49:30:21
Constellation: CEN
Visual Magnitude: 10.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: B, pL, R, gmbM
Sub-type: E4
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4976
13.1" (2/19/04 - Costa Rica): at 166x, fairly bright, moderately large, slightly elongated NNW-SSE, 2.0'x1.7'. Sharply concentrated with a very bright 25" core increasing to a bright stellar nucleus. Located 31' E of NGC 4945 and 5' W of mag 7.8 HD 114102. Also 29' NE of mag 4.3 Xi 2 Centauri. Member of a galaxy group (LGG 330) along with NGC 4945A in the background of NGC 4945.
12" (6/29/02 - Bargo, Australia): at 140x, fairly bright, moderately large, slightly elongated, 2'x1.5', sharply concentrated with a prominent core. Located 30' E of NGC 4945 and 4.6' W of mag 7.8 SAO 223931.