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NGC4725
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:50:26.5
Declination: +25:30:0
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 9.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vB, vL, E, vg, vsvmbMeBN
Sub-type: SBab/P
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4725
18" (5/12/07): very impressive spiral structure visible. Two arms emerge from the very bright oval core. One arm is attached at the northeast end of the core and sweeps to the north before hooking back to the west. Three faint stars are superimposed along this arm. A second broader arm is attached at the southwest end of the core. This arms heads south before hooking towards the east. Both arms have brighter patches or arcs near the ends of the major axis.
13.1" (5/26/84): very bright, impressive, very small bright core, elongated SW-NE, large halo. Structure is suspected with the WSW edge possibly brighter. NGC 4712 lies 12' WSW.