Herschel 272
NGC 4666
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Object Type
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Galaxy SBc
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Constellation
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Virgo
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Magnitude
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10.8
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Size
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4.5' x 1.4'
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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 4666.
Fairly bright. Very long and thin. Brighter centre. NGC 4668 (magnitude 12.9) and NGC 4653 )magnitude 12.1) visible in same field. Triple star in field.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.