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NGC4487
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:31:4.3
Declination: -8:3:13
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, vL, er
Sub-type: SBc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4487
17.5" (2/28/87): moderately bright, fairly large, diffuse, brighter core, slightly elongated. A mag 13 star is off the north end 1.1' from center.