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NGC4085

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:5:22.4
Declination: +50:21:12
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: B, pL, pmE 78°, vsbM
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4085

17.5" (4/13/91): fairly faint, moderately large, very elongated 4:1 WSW-ENE, 2.5'x0.6', weak concentration.  Forms an isosceles triangle with mag 7.6 SAO 28237 6' SW and mag 8.4 SAO 28247 7' SE.  NGC 4088 lies 11' NNE.  

8" (3/28/81): faint, small, elongated WSW-ENE.  Two mag 8 stars are in the field to the SE and SW.  Located 11' SSW of NGC 4088.