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NGC4998

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:8:10.3
Declination: +50:39:52
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 14.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4998

18" (6/27/03): very faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 0.7'x0.5', low even surface brightness.  A mag 15 star lies 45" NW.  Three mag 10 stars are in the field between 6'-7.5' SW, SSW and SSE.