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NGC4590

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:39:28.0
Declination: -26:44:32
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 7.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Messier
Year of discovery: 1780
Discovery aperture: 3.5

Observational

Summary description: globular, L, eRi, vC, iR, rrr, st 12
Sub-type: X

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4590

17.5" (2/28/87): 30-50 stars resolved including many fairly bright stars over unresolved background haze. 

13.1" (3/24/84): about 20 stars resolved around edges of core and in halo.  The core is mottled but unresolved.

8": few stars resolved across disk.