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NGC4151

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:10:32.3
Declination: +39:24:24
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 10.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vB, S, R, vsmbMBN, p of 2
Sub-type: SBab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4151

13.1" (3/17/86): very bright, very small or stellar nucleus, fainter halo.  A mag 11.5 star is 2.3' N and a closer mag 13 star is 1.3' N of center.  Forms a optical pair with NGC 4156 5.1' NE (the companion is in the background).  NGC 4145 lies 29' N.