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NGC4353

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 12:24:0.2
Declination: +7:47:3
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information


Discoverer: Peters
Year of discovery: 1881
Discovery aperture: 13.5

Observational


Summary description: No description
Sub-type: IBm

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 4353 = IC 3266. Peters's position is not very good. That led Schwassmann to miss the NGC number when he picked up the galaxy in three of his 6-inch plate zones from Heidelburg. Still, Adelaide Ames caught the identity when she prepared her Virgo Cluster catalogue in 1930. However, CGCG muddied the picture again by calling the galaxy "I3265 = I3266 (= N4353?)". IC 3265, which see, is a star north-northwest of the galaxy. The nucleus is quite faint; this has made it difficult for the centering algorithms of the automated surveys to find an accurate position. I have finally chosen the GSC-A position. That seems to pretty well represent the galaxy.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 4353 17.5" (3/24/90): faint, oval SW-NE. A mag 13 star is 1.2' NNW.