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NGC4266
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:19:42.1
Declination: +5:32:17
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: pF
Sub-type: SBa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4266
24" (4/28/14): fairly faint, thin edge-on 6:1 WSW-ENE, 1.2'x0.2', even surface brightness. Although this is a nice streak, the galaxy is partially masked by mag 9.1 HD 107228 just off the NW flank (40" from center). In a rich region of galaxies, with NGC 4270 4.9' SSW, IC 4153 8.6' SSW, NGC 4282 10' ENE, NGC 4259 11' SSW, NGC 4281 13' SE and more. Mag 7.3 HD 107258 lies 9' NNE.
17.5" (3/24/90): very faint, small, edge-on WSW-ENE. The view is hampered by mag 8.5 SAO 119331 at the NW edge of the galaxy! Faintest of 8 galaxies in the field including NGC 4282, NGC 4270, NGC 4259, NGC 4268, NGC 4273, NGC 4281 and IC 3153.