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NGC4494
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:31:24.1
Declination: +25:46:31
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 9.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vB, pL, R, vsmbMN
Sub-type: E1
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4494
18" (4/5/03): very bright, fairly large, slightly elongated ~N-S, ~3'x2.4', sharply concentrated with a very bright 20" core which increases to center. The halo gradually fades and increases in size with averted vision. Located 6' SSW of mag 7.9 HD 109030 and 35' ESE of the wide binocular pair 17 Coma.