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NGC4286

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:20:42.1
Declination: +29:20:44
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, 3rd of 3
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4286 = IC 3181, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4286

17.5" (4/25/98): very faint, very low surface brightness.  No details visible but appears as an elongated haze ~N-S, located just north of a mag 15.5 star.  On a line with NGC 4283 5' SW and NGC 4278 8.5' SW.  Transparency poor.