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NGC4316

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:22:42.1
Declination: +9:19:57
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Tempel
Year of discovery: 1882
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, mE, 2 knots
Sub-type: Sc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4316.  See NGC 4315.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4316

17.5" (3/24/90): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated WNW-ESE, weak concentration.  A double star is off the WNW end with components 13.2/13.5 at 19".  NGC 4307 is 21' SW.