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NGC4977

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:6:4.4
Declination: +55:39:24
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: cF, S
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4977

18" (6/27/03): fairly faint, fairly small, 0.8' diameter, very weak concentration.  Located at the midpoint of a mag 12.5 star 4' W and a mag 14 star 4' E.