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NGC4597
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:40:12.3
Declination: -5:48:2
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, vL, bM
Sub-type: SBc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4597
17.5" (2/28/87): fairly faint, elongated SSW-NNE, very large but diffuse, smooth surface brightness.