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NGC4996

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:9:31.8
Declination: +0:51:27
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: pB, S, R, bM
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4996

18" (5/28/06): faint, fairly small, round, 0.8' diameter.  Unusual appearance with a very low surface brightness halo surrounding a faint stellar nucleus.  Located 7' N of mag 9.1 HD 114266.