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NGC 4262
NGC 4262, LEDA 39676, MCG+03-31-101, UGC 7365, II 110, h 1179, GC 2845
Type: galaxy (in cluster), SB0
Mag: B=12.3, V=?
Size: 1.862′ x 1.698′
PA: ?
Historical observations
William Herschel (c.1784)
Synonyms: H II-110
Discovered in 1784 by William Herschel with an 18.7-inch f/13 speculum telescope. He called it "small, resolvable."
Published comments
Photo index
Photo Index by Jim Lucyk: Hubble Atl.of Gal. (Sandage 1961) 42.
Sulentic & Tifft (1973)
The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that this is a 12.5 mag galaxy. Their coded description reads E,R,BM.
Sandage, A. (1961) The Hubble Atlas of Galaxies
This galaxy appears on page 42 of "The Hubble Atlas of Galaxies" by Allan Sandage (1961, Washington, DC).
Modern observations
Brian Skiff
Hubble: bar in pa65.
13cm - like m12 *. BS, 7Feb1984, USNO.
25cm - circ and mod f w/*ar nuc. haze to 1'.2 diam.
30cm - vsm w/br *ar nuc dominating @ 149x. 238x shows it 45" diam max, perhaps elong E-W. sharply concen 8" core, losfcbr halo. threshold sparklings in area.
- remarkable. 45" vf halo w/sub*ar m12 nuc of vstrong, vsharp concen. otherwise featureless. BS, 7Feb1984, USNO.
Tom Lorenzin
Tom Lorenzin, in the electronic version of "1000+ The Amateur Astronomers' Field Guide to Deep Sky Observing", notes: "12.6M; 1' diameter; very small hazy spot; averted vision shows stellar nucleus; see photo at HAG-42."
Contemporary observations
Tom Bryant
2011 6 29 22:55:47
Observing site: Little Bennett Regional Park
Telescope: C-11
[12h 19m 30s, 14° 53m 0s] A small, bright galaxy. Elliptical?
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