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NGC4562

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:35:34.5
Declination: +25:50:58
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Tempel
Year of discovery: 1882
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: S, sp V 24
Sub-type: SBcd

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4562

17.5" (5/13/88): faint, fairly small, elongated SW-NE, even surface brightness.

17.5" (3/23/85): faint, small, elongated SW-NE, low even surface brightness, visible with direct vision.  Elongated at a right angle to NGC 4565 13' NE.  Located just south of a string of five mag 10-12.5 stars of length 11' oriented N-S.