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NGC4450

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:28:29.3
Declination: +17:5:3
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 10.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: B, L, R, gvmbM *, r, B * sp
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4450

17.5" (5/23/87): bright, fairly large, elongated 2:1 N-S, 4'x2', diffuse halo, increases suddenly to a high surface brightness core.  Located 3.9' NE of mag 8.9 SAO 100115.