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NGC4551

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:35:38.0
Declination: +12:15:50
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.0

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pB, S, R, bM, nf of 2
Sub-type: E2

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4551

17.5" (4/25/87): moderately bright, fairly small, oval 4:3 ~E-W, small bright core, faint stellar nucleus.  A mag 13 star lies 2.1' NW of center.  Forms a pair with NGC 4550 3.2' SSW.