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NGC4382

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:25:23.9
Declination: +18:11:27
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 9.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Mechain
Year of discovery: 1781
Discovery aperture: 3.0

Observational

Summary description: vB, pL, R, bM, * np
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4382 = M 85.  See NGC 4579.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4382

17.5" (5/23/87): very bright, moderately large, small very bright core.  A mag 13 star is superimposed near the NNE edge and a mag 10 star is off the SE side 2.7' from center.  Forms a pair with NGC 4394 7.6' ENE.