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NGC4158

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:11:10.2
Declination: +20:10:33
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, pS, lE, bM, pB * sf
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4158

17.5" (5/14/88): moderately bright, fairly small, broad concentration, slightly elongated ~E-W.  A mag 11 star is 1.7' SE of center.  Located 25' SW of 5 Comae Berenices (V = 5.6).