NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 4374 = M 84. See NGC 4443 and NGC 4579.

===== NGC 4374 24" (4/28/14): extremely bright, large, slightly elongated, ~4'x3.5', sharply concentrated with a very intense core that increases gradually to a nonstellar nucleus. The large halo gradually fades out. A mag 14.5 star is superimposed on the SW side of the halo, 1.2' from center. In the 23' field (at 260x) is M86 17' ENE, NGC 4438 17' SE, NGC 4387 10' ESE, IC 3303 11' SSE 18" (6/12/10): at 175x, very bright, fairly large, slightly elongated, ~2.8'x2.4' NW-SE. The halo gradually brightens from the edge and then suddenly increases dramatically to a very bright 45" core that increases to a sharp stellar nucleus. A faint star is just off the SW edge, 1.3' from center. At 280x the halo appears slightly mottled. 17.5" (4/25/87): very bright, moderately large, almost round, very bright core, very small bright nucleus, halo gradually fades into background sky so there is no sharp edge. Nearly an identical twin of M86 17' ENE but rounder. 13" (5/14/83): very bright, very bright core. Located in the core of the Virgo cluster.