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NGC4758

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:52:43.9
Declination: +15:50:55
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, pL, E ?
Sub-type: Im

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4758

18" (5/30/03): fairly faint, fairly large, very elongated ~3:1 NNW-SSE, 2.2'x0.6'.  Fairly low surface brightness, but appears irregular or slightly mottled.  A mag 14 star is 40" N of center, just off the eastern flank.  Located 17' SSE of mag 6.3 SAO 100312.