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NGC4890

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:0:38.9
Declination: -4:36:14
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cF, S, iR, bM
Sub-type: Sm

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4890

17.5" (4/4/92): fairly faint, fairly small, round, fairly high almost even surface brightness, weak concentration.  Forms a vertex of an isosceles triangle with two mag 12.5 stars 2.7' NW and 2.5' SW.  NGC 4915 lies 12' ENE.