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NGC4277
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:20:3.6
Declination: +5:20:31
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, eS
Sub-type: SB0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4277
24" (4/28/14): fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, round, 30" diameter, broad concentration. A mag 14-14.5 star lies 1.2' S of center. Forms a close pair with NGC 4273 2' W and nearly at the midpoint of NGC 4281 5' NE and NGC 4268 5' SW.
17.5" (3/28/87): faint, small, diffuse. A mag 14 star is 1.2' S of center. Located just 2.1' E of NGC 4273. Second faintest of 7 in the NGC 4273 group.