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NGC4249
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:17:59.3
Declination: +5:35:57
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 14.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: F
Sub-type: S0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4249
24" (4/28/14): fairly faint, small, round, 24" diameter, weak concentration to the center. NGC 4252 lies 8.2' ESE and CGCG 041-072 ("very faint, round, 12" diameter, low surface brightness") is 5.5' NNE.
17.5" (3/24/90): very faint, very small, slightly elongated N-S, low surface brightness. Forms a pair with NGC 4252 7' ESE. Located at the west edge of the large NGC 4261 group.