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NGC4718

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:50:32.5
Declination: -5:16:55
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1830
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, bet 2 st
Sub-type: SBb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4718 may be IC 825 (which see), but is probably not.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4718

17.5" (4/4/92): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 E-W, low even surface brightness, collinear with a mag 13.5 star 2.9' W and mag 12 star 2.0' E.  NGC 4718 lies 19' WNW.