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NGC4738

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:51:8.9
Declination: +28:47:18
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stoney B.
Year of discovery: 1851
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, E 30°, vlbM
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4738

17.5" (5/14/94): faint, small, very thin edge-on 6:1 SSW-NNE, 1.2'x0.2', slightly brighter along major axis.  Forms a very close pair with a mag 14.5 star 50" SE of center.  NGC 4735 lies 8.6' NNW.  Forms the vertex of an isosceles triangle with mag 8.4 SAO 82534 4.9' NNE and mag 9 SAO 82535 5.7' ENE.