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NGC4002

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:57:59.3
Declination: +23:12:10
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, n of 2
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4002

17.5" (2/20/88): fairly faint, small, elongated ~E-W, small bright core.  A mag 13.5 star is 0.8' SE of center.  Forms a pair with NGC 4003 4.6' S.  Located very close to Coma Berenices border.