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NGC4791

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:54:43.9
Declination: +8:3:13
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, lE, vlbM
Sub-type: S

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4791

17.5" (4/4/92): very faint, very small, round, broad concentration.  A wide double star is 2' SE (mag 11/12.5 at 39" separation N-S).  The double system NGC 4795/NGC 4796 is just 5' E.