NGC 4947
DSS image of NGC 4947
Overlaid DSS image of NGC 4947, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around NGC 4947
h 3461, GC 3388, IC 3974, MCG-06-29-006, ESO 382-5, ESO 382-G005, PGC 45269

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
Observing Notes

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
Other Data Sources for NGC 4947
Nearby objects for NGC 4947
2 objects found within 120'
HD 113852 NGC 4947A
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NGC 4947