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NGC4118

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:7:52.9
Declination: +43:6:41
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 14.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1857
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, 1' s of III 708
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4118

24" (5/30/16): at 225x; very faint, very small, slightly elongated NW-SE, ~14"x10".  Located just 1.5' SE of NGC 4117.  Member of the NGC 4111 group.

17.5": extremely faint, very small, requires averted to glimpse.  Forms a close pair with much brighter NGC 4117 1.6' NW. 

13": not seen.