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NGC4253

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:18:26.4
Declination: +29:48:47
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4253

17.5" (4/25/98): fairly faint, very small, irregularly round, 20" diameter.  Fairly high surface brightness, quasi-stellar nucleus.  A mag 14 star lies 1' N.  Located 22' NW of NGC 474.  Observation in hazy conditions.  Contains a Sy 1 nucleus.