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NGC4537
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:34:49.1
Declination: +50:48:20
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 13.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: eeF, S, R, nearly bet 2 st
Sub-type: S
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 4537 is probably the same galaxy as NGC 4542. John Herschel's place for
N4542 is good, but Swift's place for N4537 is 49 seconds off in RA (his
declination is good, however). Swift's description fits the galaxy nicely,
including his note "nearly between two stars." In addition, this galaxy is
the brightest of the three in the area.
However, south-preceding N4542 is MCG +09-21-019 = CGCG 270-010. It, too,
could easily fit Swift's description: "eeF, S, R." It is also "nearly
between two stars." However, if this identification is correct, then Swift
made errors in both RA (30 seconds of time) and Dec (8.6 arcmin). The galaxy
is also considerably smaller and fainter than N4542, and would have been more
difficult to dig out.
Thus, I'm sticking with the idea, suggested by Steve Gottlieb, that N4537 is
most likely the same galaxy as N4542. The RNGC suggestion that it is MCG
+09-21-022 is very unlikely as this is the faintest galaxy in the group.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4537
See observing notes for NGC 4542.