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NGC4979
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:7:42.8
Declination: +24:48:40
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: eF, pL, lE
Sub-type: SB?
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 4979 = IC 4198, which see.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4979
16" LX200 (4/14/07): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated ~E-W, 0.6'x0.45', low even surface brightness. Located 4.6' WSW of mag 6.8 HD 114093. This bright star forms the vertex of a right triangle with NGC 4979 and a mag 10 star 3.6' to its SE. Situated about 4¡ SE of the core of Abell 1656.