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NGC4031

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:0:31.3
Declination: +31:56:48
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, * 17 v nr south
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4031

17.5" (2/24/90): very faint, fairly small, elongated SSW-NNE.  A mag 15.5 star is at the SW end and a second mag 15 star is 0.7' N of center.