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NGC4163

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:12:9.0
Declination: +36:10:7
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, pL, vlE, er
Sub-type: Im

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4163 = NGC 4167, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4163

17.5": faint, moderately large, slightly elongated, very diffuse, weak concentration, low surface brightness.  Located between mag 8.7 SAO 62893 7.0' NE and a double star ·1607 = 9.3/9.8 at 27" oriented N-S located 9' SW.