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NGC4678
![](Images/negative_NGC4678-ngcicproject.jpg)
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:49:41.0
Declination: -4:34:49
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3
Observational
Summary description: eF, eS, R (neb ?), * 2s f
Sub-type: S?
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 4678 = IC 824, which see.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4678
18" (4/30/11): faint, but easily picked as a small glow, elongated 3:2 E-W, 25"x15". A mag 15 star lies 30" ESE of center. I kept having the impression that I was resolving a very faint star or nearly stellar galaxy that was attached and the SDDS image reveals this is a double system (oreinted E-W) with two nuclei encased in a common halo, comfirming my impression.