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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

===== NGC 4316. See NGC 4315.

Steve's Notes

===== 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.