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NGC4245

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:17:36.9
Declination: +29:36:27
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 11.4

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: cB, pL, vlE, smbM, r
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4245

17.5" (4/25/98): fairly bright, elongated ~4:3 NW-SE, 1.5'x1.1', strong concentration with a prominent roundish core.  The core steadily increases to a stellar nucleus with direct vision.  A string of mag 11 stars from the SW leads to the galaxy.  Located 29' W of NGC 274 and 40' N of double star O· 245 = 5.7/9.8 at 9".  Observed in poor transparency.