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NGC4072

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:4:13.9
Declination: +20:12:37
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 14.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, sf h 1065-67
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4072.  See NGC 4069.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4072

24" (3/22/14): faint, very small, round, 15" diameter.  Not difficult to pick up 2.4' SE of NGC 4065.  A mag 13.6 star is 1' NE.

17.5" (3/28/87): extremely faint and small, round, at visual threshold.  A mag 13 star is 1.1' NE of center.  Located 2.6' SE of NGC 4065.  Member of the NGC 4065 cluster.