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NGC4491

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:30:57.1
Declination: +11:29:0
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, L, R
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4491

17.5" (4/25/87): fairly faint, elongated NW-SE, fairly small, brighter core.  A mag 13.5 star lies 2.2' NE.  Forms a pair with NGC 4497 12' NE.