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NGC4460

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 12:28:45.5
Declination: +44:51:52
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 11.3

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: B, pL, E 123°, psbM
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 4460 13.1" (4/12/86): moderately bright, pretty edge-on 4:1 SW-NE, moderately large, brighter core. A pretty double star ·1645 = 7.5/8.1 at 10" is in the field 8.5' SW. Member of the CVn II Group (brightest member M106).