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NGC4287

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 12:20:48.4
Declination: +5:38:26
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 14.3

Historic Information


Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational


Summary description: pF
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 4287 24" (4/28/14): faint to fairly faint, fairly small, edge-on 4:1 or 5:1 WSW-ENE, 35"x8", fairly low even surface brightness. A mag 14.3 star is attached on the northwest side and detracts from viewing. NGC 4282 lies 7' SW and IC 782 is 14' NE (the trio is collinear). In addition, NGC 4266 and 4270 are both ~18' SW. 17.5" (3/24/90): extremely faint, very small, slightly elongated E-W, low surface brightness. A mag 14.5 star on the west edge slightly hampers the view. NGC 4282 lies 6' SW.