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NGC4984

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:8:57.1
Declination: -15:30:57
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: B, pL, R, psmbM
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4984

17.5" (5/22/93): bright, moderately large, round, very bright prominent core 30" diameter, embedded within large faint halo of 2.0' diameter.  A mag 15 star is at the west edge.  A pair of mag 12/13 stars are 2.5' NE.

8" (5/21/82): fairly bright, small, round, small bright nucleus.