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NGC4159

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:10:53.3
Declination: +76:7:35
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1797
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: eF, pS, R, Δ 2 st
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4159

17.5" (5/2/92): faint, small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, low almost even surface brightness.  Two mag 13 stars are 1.4' ESE and 1.0' NE of center.  The galaxy is elongated in the direction of the star to the NE.