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NGC4070

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:4:11.3
Declination: +20:24:35
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, vS
Sub-type: E0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4070 = NGC 4059.  See NGC 4055 and NGC 4069.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4070

24" (3/22/14): fairly faint to moderately bright, small, round, high surface brightness, very small bright nucleus.  NGC 4066 lies 3.7' S.

17.5" (3/28/87): faint, small, round, weak concentration.  Located 3.8' NNE of NGC 4066 within the NGC 4065 cluster.