NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC4496
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:31:39.3
Declination: +3:56:23
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, cL, biN or D neb
Sub-type: SBc
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 4496. There are three galaxies in the printed edition of RC3 bearing this
number. One of these, VCC 1364 at 12 28 56.4 +04 14 54, has nothing to do
with the real NGC 4496 at 12 29 06.6 +04 12 54. This is the brighter of a
double galaxy, so is usually called NGC 4496A. Delete the NGC number from the
listing for PGC 41450 in RC3. Also delete T, L, B(T), and m'(25).
Also see NGC 5765 for a note about the objects noted as double by WH or JH,
but given only a single position.
Finally, see NGC 4505 for a genuine NGC mystery related to this galaxy, rather
than simple modern bungling.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4496
17.5" (2/28/87): NGC 4496A is moderately bright, large, elongated WSW-ENE, low even surface brightness. Forms a double system with NGC 4496B = PGC 41473 superimposed at the SSE end. The companion is fairly faint, very small, round, diffuse.