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NGC4178

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:12:46.2
Declination: +10:51:51
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1825
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, vL, E 45° ±, * 7 f
Sub-type: SBcd

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4178 also carries the number IC 3042, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4178

17.5" (5/14/88): fairly bright, large, very elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE.  Gradually increases to a small bright core and faint stellar nucleus.

17.5" (5/10/86): very large but diffuse, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE, very little central concentration but a brighter knot appears along the SW edge.  Located 7.0' WNW of mag 7.6 SAO 99995.