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NGC4009

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:58:15.0
Declination: +25:11:27
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Dreyer
Year of discovery: 1878
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, eS
Sub-type: *

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4009 is a star identified exactly by LdR's micrometric measurements 
referred to a brighter star.  It is often taken as the fainter galaxy 3.5 
arcmin further northeast, but the measurements leave no doubt as to its 
correct identity.