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NGC4478
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:30:17.3
Declination: +12:19:43
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, S, R, psbM, 2nd of 3
Sub-type: E2
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4478
24" (5/29/14): bright, fairly small, elongated 5:4 NW-SE, 35"x28", high surface brightness, contains a very small, very bright nucleus. A star is involved on the north side, just 10" N of center. Brighter of a pair with NGC 4476 4.6' WNW. Located 8.7' SW of M87.
17.5" (5/23/87): fairly bright, fairly small, slightly elongated NW-SE, brighter core. Forms a pair with NGC 4476 4.7' WNW. Located 9' WSW of M87.
13" (5/14/83): fairly bright, slightly elongated NW-SE, weak concentration.