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NGC4760

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:53:7.2
Declination: -10:29:41
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Winnecke
Year of discovery: 1876
Discovery aperture: 6.4

Observational

Summary description: pB, R
Sub-type: E1

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4760

17.5" (3/23/85): moderately bright, moderately large, fairly weak broad concentration, irregularly round.  Located between mag 8.7 SAO 157565 4' SSW and a mag 9.5 star NNE.  NGC 4742 lies 20' WNW.