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NGC4481

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:29:48.6
Declination: +64:2:0
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1866
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: pF, vS, R, * 13 att
Sub-type: S

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4481

17.5" (4/15/93): faint, small, very elongated 4:1 NW-SE, 0.6'x0.15'.  Appears as a thin sliver 40" W of a mag 13 star.  NGC 4510 lies 17' NE and NGC 4481 is 20' ESE.