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NGC4684 © Ken Crawford      Rancho Del Sol Observatory  MPC G67
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Clear/ Lum 420 minutes
Red 100 minutes
Green 100 minutes
Blue 100 minutes
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NGC4684 in Virgo is an elliptical galaxy only 2.8 x 1.1 arc/minutes in size. It shows strong evidence of mergers with minor satellite galaxies with a possible faint loop type star stream.
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