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NGC4500

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:31:22.0
Declination: +57:57:54
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: B, cS, E, pgbM, * 9 f 50"
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4500

18" (5/8/04): moderately bright, small lens, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE.  Sharply concentrated with a very small bright core and faint extensions.  Located 1' W of a mag 10.5 star!