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NGC4845

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:58:0.9
Declination: +1:34:32
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.2

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pF, pL, pmE, vgbM, * nf 30°
Sub-type: Sab

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4845 may also possibly be NGC 4910, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4845

17.5" (2/28/87): very bright, very large, very elongated 3:1 E-W, bright core, mottled and dusty appearance (due to equatorial dust lane).  A mag 11.5 star is north of the east edge 2.0' from center and a mag 13 star is 1.3' SSE of center.  Located 12' NE of mag 7.0 SAO 11968.