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NGC4282
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:20:24.2
Declination: +5:34:24
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 14.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: pF
Sub-type: S0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4282
24" (4/28/14): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated ~2:1 ~E-W, 0.7'x0.3', gradually increases to a slightly brighter core, brighter along the major axis. On a line between NGC 4270 11' SW and NGC 4287 7' NE. Also NGC 4266 lies 11' WSW.
17.5" (3/24/90): very faint, very small, slightly elongated E-W, low even surface brightness. A mag 13 star is 1.8' S of center. Located in the large NGC 4261 group with NGC 4287 6' NE and NGC 4270 10' SW.