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NGC 4730
NGC 4730, ESO 323-17, LEDA 43611, MCG-07-27-003, SGC 124914-4052.5, h 3431, GC 3253
Type: galaxy (in cluster), S0
Mag: B=14, V=?
Size: 1.202′ x 1.023′
PA: 29°
History and Accurate Positions for the NGC/IC Objects (Corwin 2004)
NGC 4730. See NGC 4729.
Historical observations
John Herschel (1847) Cape Observations
Discovered by Sir John Herschel at the Cape of Good Hope with an 18-inch f/13 speculum telescope. He recorded it as "The second of three." These three objects are NGC 4729, NGC 4730 & NGC 4744.
Published comments
Helwan Obs. Bulletin No 22 (1921)
No nebula here. Exposutre 80 minutes.
Paturel et al. (1991)
Paturel, G., Petit, C., Kogoshvili, N. et al. (1991) An extragalactic data base. IV. Errors and misprints in catalogues of galaxies. Astrophys.J.Suppl.Ser., 91(3), 371.
NGC 4730 = MCG -7 -27 -3.
Sulentic & Tifft (1973)
The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that this is a galaxy. Their coded description reads EL,BM,ALMSTELNUC.
Modern observations
Bahr-Vollrath, Gerd (1992)
Gerd Bahr-Vollrath (Noosa Heads, Queensland, Australia) observing with an 8-inch f/12 SCT, writes in The Webb Society Nebulae and Clusters Section Report No. 10, July 1992: "One of the many faint and challending galaxy clusters in Centaurus. All of these galaxies were at the threshold of visibility, and some may even have been a product of my imagination. The galaxies appeared as very indistinct diffuse glows, barely brighter than the background sky. Definitely a challenge for 20-cm telescopes."
Brian Skiff
POSS: m13.5 * 38" S.
ESO-LV: 13.90.
15cm - rel f spot 20" diam w/mod even concen. m13.5 * inv on S. in grp w/-29
and -44. BS, 27Feb1990, LCO.
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