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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.