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NGC4659

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:44:29.5
Declination: +13:29:56
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, cS, R, bM, r
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4659

17.5" (4/13/02): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:4 ~NNW-SSE, 1.0'x0.8'.  Contains a small, bright round core embedded in a fainter halo.  Located 1.4' NE of a mag 9.8 star.  NGC 4639 lies 28' SW.