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NGC4345
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:21:43.9
Declination: +75:19:21
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 12.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Lohse
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 15.5
Observational
Summary description: F, pL, gbM
Sub-type: SBab
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 4345 = NGC 4319. This was found by J. G. Lohse with Mr. Wigglesworth's
15-inch refractor. Lohse's position (which has nothing in it) is just a
minute of time following N4319, and his description fits the galaxy. Since
Lohse does not mention N4319 in the observation, this is almost certainly
identical to it.
Carlson called N4345 a star, an identification picked up by RNGC. I think it
very unlikely that a star would be mistaken for a "F, pL, gbM" nebula in a
15-inch telescope. The more likely explanation is simply a 1 minute error in
the RA.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4345
See observing notes for NGC 4319.