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NGC4142

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:9:30.2
Declination: +53:6:14
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, iF, vglbM, er
Sub-type: SBcd

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4142

16" LX200 (4/14/07): faint, moderately large, elongated 3:2 N-S, 1.0'x0.6', weak concentration.  Nearly collinear with a wide pair of mag 11/13 stars ~4' SW.  NGC 4181 is located 32' SE.

17.5" (5/13/88): faint, moderately large, diffuse, weak concentration, oval ~N-S.