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NGC4589

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:37:24.6
Declination: +74:11:31
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 10.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1797
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cB, L, lE, pgmbM
Sub-type: E2

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4589.  See NGC 4572.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4589

18" (5/8/04): bright, fairly large, elongated ~4:3 E-W, 2.5'x2.0'.  Sharply concentrated with a very bright prominent core and a fainter halo.  A mag 13 star is at the west edge of the core.  Forms a pair with NGC 4572 7.5' NW and NGC 4648 lies 22' NE.  A wide mag 8/10.5 double at 24" lies 17' NE (in the field with NGC 4648).