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NGC4176

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:12:36.8
Declination: -9:9:37
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 14.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, R, slbM, * 10
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4176

18" (5/12/07): extremely faint, very small, round, 0.3' diameter, low even surface brightness.  A small group of stars follows in the field.  Located 12' SW of mag 8.7 HD 106225.