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NGC4795

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:55:2.8
Declination: +8:3:58
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pF, pL, R, bM, r
Sub-type: SB0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4795.  See NGC 4796.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4795

17.5" (4/4/92): moderately bright, fairly small, round, slightly elongated NW-SE, bright core, high surface brightness.  Forms a contact pair with NGC 4796 attached at the east end, 27" from center.  Located 3.9' S of a mag 10 star.  NGC 4791 lies 4.7' W and NGC 4803 13' NE.