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NGC 4656
NGC 4656 — Hockey Stick Galaxy
Galaxy
· Canes VenaticiIntermediate
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Target information
- Object type
- Galaxy
- Constellation
- Canes Venatici
- Right ascension
- 12h 44m 00s
- Declination
- +32° 10′ 00″
- Magnitude
- 10.5
- Angular size
- 15′ × 3′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Best months
- Mar-Jun
- Catalog IDs
- NGC 4656
About this target
Distorted galaxy near NGC 4631.