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NGC4097

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:6:2.4
Declination: +36:51:50
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, R, stellar, * 10 sp 2'
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4097

18" (4/5/03): fairly faint, small, round, 0.5' diameter, very small brighter core, occasional faint stellar nucleus.  Located 1.6' NNE of a mag 11.4 star, close to the UMa/CVn border.