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NGC4910
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:1:20.8
Declination: +1:37:33
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: eF, vL, rr
Sub-type: NF
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 4910 may possibly be NGC 4845. There is nothing in WH's place, and Dreyer
quotes WH's note in the Scientific Papers: "The place of this neb. is not
determined with accuracy." Dreyer adds, "No modern observations known."
WH referred two other nebulae -- NGC 4420 and NGC 4772 -- to the same
comparison star (75 Leo). For N4772, Dreyer notes, "RA 40 seconds too
great." This suggests that WH's RA for N4910 might also be too large. In
that case, NGC 4845 would be a candidate for WH's object. It is a large
galaxy at about the right declination. However, WH describes his nebula as
"eF, vL, er, R. 7 or 8 arcmin d[iameter]." N4845 is not quite that large,
nor is it round. It is, however, the only reasonable candidate, so I've
adopted the identity, though with a query.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4910
See observing notes for NGC 4845. Identification very uncertain.