Type | Galaxy |
---|---|
Magnitude | 11.8 |
Size | 1.663' x 0.865' @ 15° |
Right Ascension | 13h 5' 20.2" (2000) |
Declination | 35° 20' 15" S |
Constellation | Centaurus |
Description | F, pL, R, vglbM |
Classification | Sc |
Andrew Cooper
Apr 19, 2012 Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%
Small, faint, your average 12th magnitude fuzzy, 2'x1' north-south, no core noted
Harold Corwin
IC 3974 = NGC 4947. Swift's position is just 5 minutes of time smaller than that for NGC 4947. Since there is nothing at Swift's position, the identity, while not secured by comments about the star field, is pretty certain. These sorts of large errors occur frequently in the observations from Swift's last years; he found this object on 28 March 1898, less than two months before his last recorded discovery.― IC Notes by Harold Corwin
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