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NGC4716

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:50:33.1
Declination: -9:27:3
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Tempel
Year of discovery: 1882
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: Double neb, np brighter ___DREYER___ smbM, sf one fainter
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4716

18" (4/9/05): fairly faint, small, round, 0.4' diameter.  Sharply concentrated with a very small bright nucleus.  Forms a double system with NGC 4717 just 0.8' SSE.