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NGC4612

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:41:32.8
Declination: +7:18:53
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.5

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pB, S, R, psmbM
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4612

17.5" (4/21/90): moderately bright, small, slightly elongated, sharply concentrated with a very bright compact core.  Located at the SW end of a string of five bright stars mag 9-10.5 including a mag 10.5 star just 1.0' E.  The NE end is this string is a double star 10.5/12 at 20".  NGC 4623 lies 25' NNE.