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NGC4346

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:23:27.9
Declination: +46:59:38
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 11.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, mE 100° ±, vsmbMBN
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4346

13.1" (4/12/86): fairly bright, very elongated 3:1 E-W, rises sharply to a small very bright core, stellar nucleus highly suspected.  Located roughly 50' SE of M106.