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NGC4050

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:2:53.9
Declination: -16:22:27
Constellation: CRV
Visual Magnitude: 12.2

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, cL, iR, lbM
Sub-type: SBab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4050

18" (3/19/04): faint, fairly large, oval 4:3 E-W, 2.0'x1.5'.  Broad, weak concentration with a 15" brighter nucleus using direct vision.  Located 5.8' NE of mag 8.3 HD 104656.