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NGC4357

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:23:59.1
Declination: +48:46:48
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 12.4

Observational

Summary description: F, pS, gbM (?=II 743)
Sub-type: Sbc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4357 = NGC 4381, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4357

17.5": fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 5:2 WSW-ENE, increases to a small brighter core.  Located 10' ESE of mag 7.7 SAO 44149.