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NGC4131

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:8:47.1
Declination: +29:18:17
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: cF, S, R, 1st of 3
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4131

17.5" (3/20/93): fairly faint, small, fairly high surface brightness, elongated 2:1 ~E-W, small prominent core, stellar nucleus.  Located 4.0' NE of a mag 10.5 star.  First of three on a line and second brightest with NGC 4132 4.5' SE and NGC 4134 9' SE.