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NGC4546 (Galaxy, in Virgo, Est. RaDec 12h36m, -03d48')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 20-inch equatorial reflector Location: Colebrook, PA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sat Apr 14 03:03:00 2001 UT Obs. no.: 546
Using the Y-shaped asterism that appears on page 112 of the Uranometria 2000.0 I was able to log two new Herschel 400 galaxies, NGC 4546 (3:03 UT) and NGC 4550 (3:35 UT), on a not so unlucky Friday the 13th. NGC 4546 (12h36m, -03d48') is a tenth magnitude elliptical galaxy that is fairly small and circular, with a bright stellar core. To the north lies NGC 4500 (12h36m, +12d13'), an eleventhmagnitude elliptical galaxy that is small, roundish, and had a bright nucleus. NGC 4550 is located 0.5 degree south of M89. (Nearby NGC 4557 was also circular but had a uniform brightness.) Magnifications of 127, 159, 203, and 302x were used on NGC 4546 and 127 and 203x on NGC 4550. Other galaxies observed while in that neck of the cosmic woods were M58, M87, M89, M90, NGC 4557, NGC 4564, and the Siamese Twins, NGC 4567 and 4568.
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