Herschel 262
NGC 4596
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Object Type
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Galaxy Sa
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Constellation
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Virgo
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Magnitude
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10.5
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Size
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4.0' x 3.0'
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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 4596.
Fairly small. Moderately bright. Several stars to the south. NGC 4608 (magnitude 11.0) visible in same field. Rho virginis just outside field.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.