NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC4311
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:22:26.3
Declination: +29:12:16
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: F, s of 2
Sub-type: NF
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 4311. JH has only one observation of this, calling it "Faint; the
south-following of two." The "north-preceding" of the two is N4310 which
JH called "Very bright."
There is only one galaxy here, N4310, and that was also seen by WH, as well as
by JH during the sweep previous to the one during which he saw two objects in
this place. It is possible that JH misidentified another pair -- but there is
no other pair near his place, nor at any reasonable digit error from his
place. In addition, his measured position for N4311 is less than 20 arcsec
from the single galaxy here. This is would be a remarkable coincidence if the
position actually applies to another object.
So, we are confronted with another lost NGC object.