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NGC4608

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:41:13.2
Declination: +10:9:20
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.0

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pB, pL, R, psbM, r, * 12 np 1'
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4608

17.5" (4/18/87): bright, fairly small, oval SW-NE, very bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 12 star is 1.6' WNW of center.  Forms a wide pair at low power with NGC 4596 19' W.  Located 11' SW of Rho Virginis (V = 4.9).

13.1" (4/16/83): bright, fairly small, slightly elongated.