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NGC4214

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:15:38.8
Declination: +36:19:39
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 9.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: cB, cL, iE, biN
Sub-type: IBm

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4214 = NGC 4228, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4214

13.1" (4/12/86): bright, large, slightly elongated NW-SE, bright core.  There is a strong impression of curvature at the ends of the major axis.  A mag 11 star lies 4.3' SE of center.  Member of the M94 Group (CVn I Cloud).