NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

(This is a very very beta version)

NGC4271

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:19:32.7
Declination: +56:44:14
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, pL, iF
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

=====

NGC 4271

17.5" (5/13/88): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, sharp bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 14.5 star is off the west edge 1.1' from center.