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NGC4457
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:28:58.9
Declination: +3:34:16
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 10.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cB, pS, R, smbMN
Sub-type: SB0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4457
17.5" (2/28/87): bright, small, almost round, very bright core. A mag 13 star lies 2.6' W of center.