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NGC4636

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 12:42:49.7
Declination: +2:41:14
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 9.5

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: B, L, iR, vgvmbM, r
Sub-type: E2

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 4636 is not NGC 4624, which see.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 4636 17.5" (3/24/90): very bright, large, slightly elongated NW-SE, very bright core, substellar nucleus, extensive halo appears mottled. Located between two mag 12/13 stars 3.4' NNW and 3.1' S, respectively.