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NGC4591

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 12:39:12.4
Declination: +6:0:44
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: vF, cS
Sub-type: Sab

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 4591 may also be NGC 4577, which see.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 4591 18" (4/10/04): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 SW-NE, 0.7'x0.3', weak concentration.