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NGC4527

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:34:8.8
Declination: +2:39:12
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 10.5

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pB, L, pmE 69°, mbM
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4527

17.5" (3/24/90): fairly bright, very large, very elongated WSW-ENE, prominent core, small bright nucleus.  NGC 4536 is 30' SSE with mag 8.8 SAO 119473 and mag 8.6 SAO 119474 near the midpoint.  NGC 4533, a fainter galaxy, also lies 20' S.