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NGC4172

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 12:12:14.7
Declination: +56:10:35
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: F, S, lE, gbM
Sub-type: S?

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 4172 17.5" (5/13/88): fairly faint, fairly small, bright core, stellar nucleus.