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NGC4458
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:28:57.7
Declination: +13:14:32
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, S, R, bM, p of 2
Sub-type: E1
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 4458. See NGC 4443.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4458
24" (4/28/14): fairly bright, moderately large, round, 1.0' diameter, well concentrated with a bright core that increases to a stellar nucleus. A mag 11 star is 2' ENE. Fainter of a pair with NGC 4461 3.7' SSE.
18" (6/12/10): at 175x and 280x appeared fairly faint, moderately large, round, 0.9' diameter. Contains a small, bright core that increases to a stellar nucleus. A mag 11 star lies 2.2' ENE of center. Fainter of a pair with NGC 4461 3.7' SE.
17.5" (4/25/87): moderately bright, fairly small, round, 1.0' diameter, small bright core, faint stellar nucleus. A mag 11.5 star lies 2.1' E. Forms a pair with NGC 4461 3.7' SSE. Located in the core of the Virgo cluster.
13" (5/14/83): faint, small, almost round, small faint nucleus. A mag 11 star is close east.