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NGC4781

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:54:23.6
Declination: -10:32:10
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cB, vL, mE
Sub-type: SBcd

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4781

17.5" (3/23/85): bright, large, very elongated ~E-W, high surface brightness but weak concentration.  A mag 12.5 star is embedded in the preceding side 1.0' W of center and two comparable stars lie 2.0' W and 3.6' ESE of center.  Forms a pair with NGC 4784 5.7' SSE.  NGC 4790 lies 18' NNE and NGC 4760 20' W.