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NGC4174
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:12:26.9
Declination: +29:8:57
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, S, 3rd of 4
Sub-type: S0-a
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 4174. See NGC 4170.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4174
18" (6/17/06): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:1 SW-NE, 0.9'x0.3', sharply concentrated with a bright 15"-20" rounder core with the extentions much fainter. Smallest member of the striking HCG 61 quartet.
13.1" (4/12/86): fairly faint, prominent very small bright core. Slightly elongated halo is faint and small. This galaxy is the smallest in NGC 4169 group = HCG 61. Forms a small rectangle with NGC 4175 1.5' NE, NGC 4175 2.5' NW and NGC 4173 3.6' NNW.