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NGC4203

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:15:5.0
Declination: +33:11:51
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 10.9

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vB, S, R, psmbM
Sub-type: E/SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4203

17.5": bright, moderately large, round, sharp concentration with a prominent very bright core (LINER nucleus) a much fainter halo, possible stellar nucleus.  Located 3.7' SSE of mag 7.8 SAO 62912

8": fairly bright, small, small bright nucleus.  A mag 5 star (SAO 62928) is 20' SE at the edge of the field.