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NGC4398
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:26:7.4
Declination: +10:41:10
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 11.0
Observational
Summary description: F, pS, III 39 p 14s, 14' s
Sub-type: *
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 4398 is a star. d'A has only one observation of this, found while he was
looking for N4390 (which see). His description for N4398 includes mention of
two stars to the southwest: an 11th magnitude star 16.35 seconds preceding,
and a 13th magnitude star 11.60 seconds preceding his "nebula." Both stars
are there (the separations for 1950 are 16.58 seconds and 11.18 seconds, both
well within the error bounds of the expected values). So, the identification
is secure.