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NGC4654

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:43:56.5
Declination: +13:7:35
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 10.5

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, vL, pmE, ? D, 3 st nr
Sub-type: SBcd

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4654

17.5" (4/21/90): bright, large, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, bright core, mottled.  Appears to have a dust lane along the north side.  Several bright stars are in the field including a mag 10 star 3.2' WNW, a mag 11 star 6.1' NE and a mag 12 star 2.1' N.  NGC 4639 lies 17' NW.

IC 3708 is the northwest arm of the galaxy or a knot in the middle of the arm.