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NGC4652

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:43:19.7
Declination: +58:57:55
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 14.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1831
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pF, pL, gbM, 2 B st 6' np
Sub-type: Sb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4652.  There is no doubt about the identity of the galaxy that JH found;
his position and description "Not vF, pL, gbM.  It is almost 6' dist np two
B sts 8 and 10m" are accurate.

The NGC comment "2 B sts 6' np" comes from LdR via Dreyer.  Lord Rosse has
the position angles of the two stars 180 deg out.  He also comments at the
beginning of the observation "Front view."  This may have inverted the
field of the 72-inch from its normal orientation, leading LdR to the wrong
PAs.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4652

18" (5/12/07): very faint, elongated 5:2 SW-NE, 0.8'x0.3', very weak concentration.  Located 5'-6' NNW of a wide pair of mag 7.9 (HD 110762) and 9.6 (HD 238153) stars.