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NGC4175

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:12:31.0
Declination: +29:10:7
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, eS, 4th of 4
Sub-type: Sbc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4175.  See NGC 4170.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4175

18" (6/17/06): fairly faint, moderately large, edge-on 5:1 NW-SE, 1.3'x0.25', broad weak concentration to a slightly brighter bulging core.  Fades at the tips.  Second of two edge-ons in HCG 61 = "The Box" with NGC 4173 3' NW.

13.1" (4/12/86): faint, edge-on NW-SE, bright core, similar in size to NGC 4173 but fainter.  Last of four in the NGC 4169 group = HCG 61 with NGC 4169 2.9' WNW.