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NGC4915
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:1:28.1
Declination: -4:32:46
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, S, R, bM
Sub-type: E2
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4915
18" (6/4/05): fairly bright, moderately large, round. Contains a sharply concentrated 0.6' core that increases to a bright, stellar nucleus. With caref viewing, the core appears to be surrounded by a 1.2' very low surface brightness halo, doubling the initial estimate of size. NGC 4918 lies 6.2' NE (see observation).
17.5" (4/4/92): fairly bright, fairly small, round, bright core, high surface brightness. NGC 4890 lies 12' WSW. Forms a pair with NGC 4918 6.5' NE (not seen).