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NGC4978

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:7:50.4
Declination: +18:24:58
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, R, sbM, stellar
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4978

18" (4/29/06): fairly faint, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, 0.7'x0.3', weak concentration.  A faint stellar nucleus was intermittently visible in moments of better seeing. Forms the vertex of a flat isosceles triangle with two mag 13 stars 2' S and 2' NW.