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NGC4309

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:22:12.3
Declination: +7:8:41
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Peters
Year of discovery: 1881
Discovery aperture: 13.5

Observational

Summary description: F, S, * 11 f 12s
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4309

17.5" (3/24/90): faint, elongated E-W, diffuse, gradually increases to a small bright core.  A mag 13 star is 2.9' E.  Located 20' W of the NGC 4343 group.