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NGC4268
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:19:47.1
Declination: +5:17:3
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Schönfeld
Year of discovery: 1862
Discovery aperture: 6.0
Observational
Summary description: pF, S, 2nd of 6 neb
Sub-type: SB0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4268
24" (4/28/14): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, 0.8'x0.4', contains a small bright core. A mag 14.5-15 star lies 0.8' NW of center. NGC 4273 lies 4.2' NE, NGC 4277 5.4' NE and NGC 4281 10.6' NE with a total of 8 galaxies (7 NGCs) in a 15' field.
17.5" (3/28/87): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated SW-NE, brighter core. A mag 14.5 star is 0.8' NW of center. Third of seven in a group with NGC 4273 4.3' NE.