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NGC4653

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:43:51.0
Declination: -0:33:40
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, pL
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4653

17.5" (2/28/87): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, fairly even surface brightness.  A mag 11 star is 2.7' SE and a mag 13 star 1.4' SE of center.  In a group with NGC 4642 10' SW, NGC 4666 20' ENE and NGC 4668 25' ENE.