NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC4756
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:52:52.2
Declination: -15:24:45
Constellation: CRV
Visual Magnitude: 12.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, pS, r
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4756
18" (5/28/06): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 SW-NE, 1.0'x0.7', broad mild concentration. A mag 14.5-15 star is at the NE edge. Brightest in a cluster superimposed on AGC 1631. A total of 10 galaxies in both clusters were tracked down.
18" (4/29/06): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 5:3 SW-NE, 1.3'x0.8', broad concentration. Brightest galaxy in a galaxy group superimposed on AGC 1631 and situtated near the center of the cluster. Several faint galaxies are visible in the field including a trio ~8' SW.