Galaxy · constellation Sgr
IC 4946
IC 4946ESO 285-007MCG -07-42-001PGC 64614
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 20h 23m 58.1s
- Declination
- -43° 59' 43"
- Size
- 2.5′ × 54.0″
- Position angle
- 68°
- Magnitude
- 11.9 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 23.04 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- S0-a
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
The IC ID is not certain; ESO 284- ? 015 is for its nominal position.
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