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NGC4302
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:21:42.2
Declination: +14:35:54
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 11.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: L, vmE 177°, f of 2
Sub-type: Sc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4302
48" (4/7/13): at 610x; beautiful, thin edge-on stretches at least 8:1 N-S, ~5.0'x0.5'. Contains a brighter, elongated, mottled core. A very thin dust lane extends along the major axis! The core is slightly brighter on the east side of the dust lane. The northern tip extends beyond a mag 14.2 star off the northwest end. A mag 14.3 star is just west of the southern tip. Forms a superb pair with NGC 4298 just 2' W.
17.5" (5/23/87): fairly faint, large edge-on 7:1 N-S, 4.5'x0.6', low surface brightness, weak concentration. A mag 14 star is off the north edge 2.0' from center. Forms a close pair with NGC 4298 2.4' W.
13" (3/24/84): faint edge-on streak N-S close following NGC 4298.