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NGC4581
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:38:5.1
Declination: +1:28:42
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Holden
Year of discovery: 1882
Discovery aperture: 15.6
Observational
Summary description: F, S, bM, stell N
Sub-type: E4
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4581
17.5" (4/4/92): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 N-S, even concentration to a small bright core.