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NGC4000

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:57:57.0
Declination: +25:8:38
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 14.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Parsons L.
Year of discovery: 1878
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, lE, * 8 m 2' f, 5597 is sf
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4000

24" (3/22/14): faint, fairly small, very thin edge-on, 0.5'x0.1', even surface brightness.  Situated 1.7' WNW of mag 8 HD 103913.  NGC 4005 is symmetrically placed on the opposite side of the star.

17.5" (3/19/88): very faint, fairly small, very elongated N-S.  Located 1.6' WNW of mag 7.8 SAO 82077.  Located in the center of the NGC 4007 group with NGC 4007 3.2' ESE.