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NGC4980

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:9:10.1
Declination: -28:38:30
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, cS, R
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4980

18" (3/17/07): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, 0.8'x0.5', very weak concentration.  A mag 11.5 star lies 1.8' WSW.