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NGC4784

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:54:37.0
Declination: -10:36:46
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, eS
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4784

17.5" (3/23/85): faint, small, slightly elongated.  Fainter of pair with NGC 4781 5.7' NNW.  Forms the SE vertex of an isosceles triangle with two mag 11/12 stars 2.1' W and 2.0' N.