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NGC4542

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:34:49.1
Declination: +50:48:20
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1831
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, pL, R
Sub-type: S

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4542.  See NGC 4537.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4542

16" LX200 (4/14/07): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, 0.8'x0.4', very small slightly brighter core.  A near equilateral triangle of mag 11 stars lies to the NE (closest vertex 4' NE).