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NGC4326

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 12:23:11.6
Declination: +6:4:21
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, R, bM, 1st of 3
Sub-type: SBab

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 4326 16" LX200 (4/14/07): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3, 0.6'x0.45', small bright core. Bracketed by a mag 10.5 star 3' N and a mag 11.5 star 2' S. Located 5.8' W of NGC 4339 in a trio with NGC 4333 3.3' SE in the Virgo cluster. 17.5" (3/28/87): fairly faint, small, round, bright core. First of three and forms a right angle with NGC 4333 3.3' SE and NGC 4339 5.7' E. A mag 11 star is 3.0' N. Located within the NGC 4339 group.