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NGC4600

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 12:40:22.9
Declination: +3:7:4
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: F, S, R, 2 st 8 f
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 4600 is probably not also NGC 4624, which see.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 4600 17.5" (4/21/90): moderately bright, fairly small, oval 3:2 SW-NE, small bright core. Forms the west vertex of a right triangle with mag 8.8 SAO 119527 3.5' E and mag 8.6 SAO 119525 2.9' SE.