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NGC4177

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:12:41.2
Declination: -14:0:50
Constellation: CRV
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, pL, R, vgbM
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4177

18" (5/8/04): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 3:2 WSW-ENE, 1.0'x0.7', broad concentration.  With averted vision a very faint larger halo increases the size to perhaps 1.4'x1.0'.