NGC 4833

Globular Cluster NGC 4833 (= Lacaille I.4 = Dunlop 164 = Bennett 56), class VIII, in Musca

[NGC 4833, M. Purcell]
Right Ascension 12 : 59.6 (h:m)
Declination -70 : 53 (deg:m)
Distance 18.6 (kly)
Visual Brightness 6.91 (mag)
Apparent Dimension 13.5 (arc min)

Discovered by Lacaille in 1751-52.

The southern globular cluster NGC 4833 was discovered by Abbe Lacaille during his 1751-1752 journey to South Africa.

The image in this page was obtained by Michael Purcell from the Grove Creek Observatory, Australia, with a C-14 telescope at f/7 and ST-7 CCD camera on April 28, 1998 at 18:52:30 UT. It was exposed for 30 sec.

In the Astronomical League's Southern Sky Binocular Club list. Caldwell 105 in Patrick Moore's list.

  • SIMBAD Data of NGC 4833
  • Observing Reports for NGC 4833 (IAAC Netastrocatalog)

    Hartmut Frommert (spider@seds.org)
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