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NGC 4602
NGC 4602, AGC 520107, LEDA 42476, II 184, h 1380, GC 3140
Type: galaxy (Seyfert 2), Sc
Mag: B=11.5, V=?
Size: 2.187′ x 1.071′
PA: 81°
History and Accurate Positions for the NGC/IC Objects (Corwin 2004)
NGC 4602. See NGC 3679.
Historical observations
William Herschel (c.1784)
Synonyms: H II-184
Discovered in 1784 by William Herschel with an 18.7-inch f/13 speculum telescope. He called it "not F, L, lE, lbM, r."
Published comments
Helwan Obs. Bulletin No 21 (1920)
pF, 3'x0.5', E 105deg, a rather compact spiral with slight indications of both dark lanes and condensations; pB alm stell. N.
Knox Shaw, H. (1915)
Knox Shaw, H. (1915) Note on the nebulae and star clusters shown on the Franklin-Adams plates. M.N.R.A.S., 76(2), 105-107.
Comments on papers by Harding (MNRAS, 74(8)), and Melotte (MemRAS 60(5)) describing objects foundon the Franklin-Adams plates; compares with plates taken with the Reynolds reflector (Helwan Obs Bull. 9-15):
NGC 4602 is an elongated spiral. [previously included in Class II-Spindle-shaped Nebulae]
Sulentic & Tifft (1973)
The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that this is a 12.5 mag galaxy. Their coded description reads S,EL,MINC,DKLNS, B ARMS W/ A FEW KNS.
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