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NGC4648

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:41:44.4
Declination: +74:25:20
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 12.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1797
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, cS, R, gbM, ** p
Sub-type: E3

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4648.  See NGC 4972 = NGC 4954.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4648

18" (5/8/04): fairly bright, moderately large, strongly concentrated with a bright 30" core and a much fainter halo ~1' in diameter.  Situated within a wedge-shaped group of 8 stars.  A striking mag 8.1/10.5 pair 7' W is collinear with the galaxy (oriented E-W).  NGC 4589 lies 22' SW.