Herschel 245
NGC 4459
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Object Type
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Galaxy Sa
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Constellation
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Coma Berenices
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Magnitude
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10.4
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Size
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3.5' x 2.7'
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Combination of 5, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.
Visual Observation Notes:- NGC 4459.
Moderately large. Slightly elongated. Moderately bright centre. Faint outer haze. Bright star close to galaxy. NGC 4468 (magnitude 12.7) and NGC 4474 (magnitude 12.5) visible in same field.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.