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NGC4476
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:29:59.0
Declination: +12:20:55
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, S, R, bM, 1st of 3
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4476
24" (5/29/14): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, 28"x14", bright core gradually increases to the center. Fainter of pair with NGC 4478 4.6' ESE. Located 12.5' WSW of M87 in the core of the Virgo Cluster.
17.5" (5/23/87): fairly faint, small, elongated SSW-NNE, small brighter core. Forms a pair with NGC 4478 4.7' ESE. Located 12' W of M87 in the Virgo cluster.
13" (5/14/83): faint, elongated, weak concentration.