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NGC4576

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:37:33.5
Declination: +4:22:3
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Holden
Year of discovery: 1881
Discovery aperture: 15.6

Observational

Summary description: F, * 7 sf
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4576

17.5" (4/21/90): very faint, small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, low surface brightness.  A mag 12.5 star is 1.8' N of center.  Located 8' NW of mag 6.9 SAO 119502.  NGC 4586 lies 15' ESE.