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