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NGC4602

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 12:40:36.8
Declination: -5:7:57
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.5

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: F, L, E, vglbM
Sub-type: SBbc

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 4602. See NGC 3679.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 4602 17.5" (2/28/87): fairly bright, oval WNW-ESE, fairly large, bright core. A mag 14 star is just off the east end 1.3' from center. Second of four in a group with MCG -01-32-037 11' S and NGC 4593 19' SW.