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NGC4342

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 12:23:39.1
Declination: +7:3:16
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: eF, vS, R
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 4342 = IC 3256. See NGC 4341.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 4342 17.5" (3/28/87): moderately bright, very small, elongated NNW-SSE, bright core, stellar nucleus. This galaxy has the highest surface brightness of the members in the NGC 4343 group. NGC 4343 lies 6.0' S, NGC 4341 = IC 3260 4.8' NE, IC 3267 6.6' E, IC 3259 8.3' NNE. See notes on the identification.