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NGC4157
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:11:4.4
Declination: +50:29:5
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 11.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pF, cL, vmE 60° ± (double?)
Sub-type: SBb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4157
17.5" (5/2/92): bright, moderately large, edge-on 7:1 WSW-ENE, 5.0'x0.7', elongated bright core, extensions taper at ends. Located 4.3' SE of mag 8.0 SAO 28277. Two mag 10/10.5 stars oriented N-S are 3.8' SW and 5.1' SW and a mag 11 star lies 4.9' NE. This is a striking galaxy with several bright stars near adding to the view.
8" (3/28/81): faint, very elongated WSW-ENE, bright core. A mag 8 star is close NW.