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NGC4607

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:41:12.2
Declination: +11:53:8
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1854
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: F, mE, 3' or 4' f III 43
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4607

17.5" (4/25/87): extremely faint, edge-on streak N-S, low even surface brightness.  Located 3.8' ESE of much brighter NGC 4606.

13.1" (5/14/83): extremely faint, edge-on N-S, low surface brightness, requires averted.  Close following NGC 4606.

13" (4/16/83): extremely faint, near visual threshold, very elongated N-S, low surface brightness.