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NGC4614

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 12:41:31.6
Declination: +26:2:35
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information


Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational


Summary description: F, S, R, * 12 np, 2nd of 3
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 4614 24" (6/1/13): brightest in a triplet (KTG 45) with NGC 4615 2.2' NE and NGC 4613 2.8' NNW. At 282x appeared moderately bright, fairly small, round, well concentrated with a very bright core, overall fairly high surface brightness. A mag 11.5 star lies 1.8' W. 17.5" (4/6/91): fairly faint, small, round, bright core, stellar nucleus. A mag 12 star is 1.9' WNW. Second brightest in a group with NGC 4615 2.5' NE and NGC 4613 2.5' NNW.