NGC 4647
DSS image of NGC 4647
Overlaid DSS image of NGC 4647, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around NGC 4647
MCG +02-33-001, Arp 116, UGC 7896, PGC 42816

Type  Galaxy
Magnitude  11.3
Size  3' x 2.9' @ 125°
Right Ascension  12h 43' 32.4"  (2000)
Declination  11° 34' 55" N
Constellation  Virgo
Description  pF, pL, lE115, np of Dneb
Classification  SBc Ring
Observing Notes

Andrew Cooper
Jun 17, 2020    Waikoloa, HI (map)
28cm f/10 SCT, NexStar 11" GyPSy @ 127x
Seeing: 5 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

Faint, round, no notable core, in contact with the northwest edge of the M60 halo

Rev. T.W. Webb
May 19, 1885    Hardwick, Herefordshire, England (map)
94mm f/18 Tully Achromat

Double [NGC4647 and NGC4649]; p extremely faint [NGC4647]. Not seen 3-7/10in. In large field with M59 np, and H. II 70 sp [NGC4638], like a hazy star.
― Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, T. W. Webb, 1917
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NGC 4647