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NGC4672

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:46:15.6
Declination: -41:42:21
Constellation: CEN
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R, vgbM
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4672

14" (4/2/16 - Coonabarabran, 160x): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, slightly brighter along the major axis, broad weak concentration. A group of five stars is south and southwest including a mag 11.8 star 3.5' S and a mag 12.3 star 2.4' SE.  NGC 4672 is a member of the Centaurus Cluster (AGC 3526) with NGC 4677 11' NE, NGC 4645 24' WSW and NGC 4696D 24' E.