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NGC4045

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:2:42.2
Declination: +1:58:37
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pF, L, R, sbM, * sf
Sub-type: SBa

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4045 (is also NGC 4046, which see), discovered by WH, was also seen by 
David Todd during his search for "the trans-Neptunian planet" in 1877.  It is 
Todd's number (13b).  See NGC 3604 above, as well as CGCG 013-049 (in the 
"notngc" files) for more.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4045

17.5" (5/10/86): moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated E-W, stellar nucleus offset to the SW of faint superimposed star.  Forms a close pair with NGC 4045A 1.5' SSE.