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NGC4684

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:47:17.6
Declination: -2:43:37
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.4

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: B, pL, pmE 25°
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4684

17.5" (2/28/87): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE, brighter along the major axis, bright core.  A mag 14 star is off the NNE tip 0.8' from center and a mag 15.5 star is following the SSW end.