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NGC4790

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 12:54:51.9
Declination: -10:14:52
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: pF, pS, iR
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 4790 17.5" (3/23/85): moderately bright, fairly large, broad and pretty weak concentration, elongated ~E-W. NGC 4781 lies 18' SSW.