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NGC4999

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:9:33.2
Declination: +1:40:21
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cF, pL, R, lbM, er
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4999

17.5" (5/19/01): fairly faint, moderately large, round, 2.0' diameter.  Contains a very small brighter core surrounded by a low surface brightness halo.  A mag 14 star is barely off the east edge 1.1' from center.  Located 8' E of a mag 10 star.