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NGC4518

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:33:11.7
Declination: +7:51:8
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R, bM
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4518

17.5" (3/24/90): very faint, small, elongated NW-SE, bright core.  Located to the west of a N-S line joining mag 6.9 SAO 119466 12' SSE and mag 7.7 SAO 119465 7' NNE.  NGC 4526 lies 17' SE.  Forms a close pair with (R)NGC 4518B = CGCG 042-149 1' SSE.