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NGC4396

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:25:59.2
Declination: +15:40:16
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, pL, mE
Sub-type: Scd

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4396

17.5" (5/23/87): faint, fairly small, edge-on NW-SE, even surface brightness.  A mag 14 star is at the NW end [probably IC 3310] 1.1' from center and a brighter mag 12 star is 1.4' NNE of center.  Located 11' S of mag 6.9 SAO 100095 which is at the north edge of a 220x field.