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NGC4479
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:30:18.3
Declination: +13:34:41
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 12.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, pL
Sub-type: SB0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4479
24" (5/29/14): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 4:3 N-S, 45"x35", broad weak concentration with a slightly brighter core. Forms a pair with brighter NGC 4477 5.3' NW.
18" (6/12/10): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 5:3 SSW-NNE, 1.0'x0.6', weak concentration to an ill defined, slightly brighter core and an occasional faint stellar nucleus. Fainter of a pair with NGC 4477 5.3' NW.
17.5" (4/25/87): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated N-S, weak concentration. Located 6' SE of NGC 4477.
13" (5/14/83): faint, small, round, diffuse, even surface brightness.