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NGC4992
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:9:5.7
Declination: +11:38:3
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1831
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, lE, 2 S st s
Sub-type: Sa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4992
18" (5/28/06): fairly faint, small, elongated 5:3 ~N-S, 0.7'x0.4', very weak concentration. Located 51' W of mag 5.8 HD 114780.