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NGC4596

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:39:56.0
Declination: +10:10:35
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 10.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: B, pS, R, gmbM, r, 3 st f
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4596

17.5" (4/18/87): bright, elongated WSW-ENE, small bright core, possible substellar nucleus.  A mag 12.5 star is 1.1' SSE of center at the edge of the halo and two brighter mag 10/11 stars are 3' SE.  NGC 4608 lies 19' E. 

13.1" (4/16/83): bright, moderately large, bright core, elongated ~E-W.  Located about 30' W of mag 5 Rho Virginis.