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NGC4904

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:0:58.5
Declination: -0:1:37
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.0

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pB, pS, R, bM
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4904

17.5" (5/22/93): moderately bright, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 1.5'x1.0', brighter bar along major axis, very small brighter core, slightly mottled.  A mag 12 star is 1.8' NNW and a mag 14 star 2.2' WSW.  On the POSS a very faint outer halo is elongated roughly N-S.