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NGC4092
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:5:50.2
Declination: +20:28:39
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, pS, R, * 11 np
Sub-type: Sab
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 4092, not NGC 4093, is almost certainly H III 382. WH saw three galaxies
in this group, most plausibly the brightest three. So, Dreyer's supposition
that the first of the three is N4093 is probably wrong, just as JH's idea that
III 382 is NGC 4095 (note, too, that JH has a misprint in his list making his
father's object "II 382"). N4092 is a magnitude brighter and considerably
larger than N4093, so is probably WH's object. His other two are NGC 4095 and
NGC 4098 = NGC 4099, both of which see.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4092
17.5" (5/14/88): faint, very small, round, weak concentration. A mag 11.5 star is close NW 0.9' from center. This galaxy is the third of six in the field with NGC 4093 2.6' NNE in the NGC 4065 cluster.