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NGC4888
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:0:36.2
Declination: -6:4:32
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pF, cS, E, psbM, ** np
Sub-type: Sa
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 4888. See NGC 4878.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4888
48" (4/2/11): very bright, moderatly large, very elongated 3:1 WNW-ESE, brighter along the major axis. Well concentrated with a very bright core. A bright, wide double star is 1' W of center (separation of ~35"). A mag 15 star is between the pair and the galaxy, ~30" WSW of center.
17.5" (5/22/93): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 WNW-ESE, small bright core. Almost exactly collinear with a nice double star mag 12/13 just 1' WNW of core. The double star has the same position angle as the galaxy. Forms a pair with NGC 4878 4' SW.