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NGC4252

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:18:30.9
Declination: +5:33:36
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: F, E
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4252

24" (4/28/14): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE, 42"x14". even surface brightness.  NGC 4249 lies 8' WNW, NGC 4257 is 13' NE and NGC 4266 is 18' E.

17.5" (3/24/90): extremely faint, small, edge-on SW-NE, low surface brightness.  Forms a pair with NGC 4249 7' WNW.  Located at the west side of the large NGC 4261 group.