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NGC4685
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:47:11.4
Declination: +19:27:53
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 12.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, S, R, sbM *, rr
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4685
18" (5/15/04): fairly faint, small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, 0.5'x0.3'. Sharply concentrated with a 0.3'x0.2' core which increases to a stellar nucleus. The small, dim halo is very faint and required averted vision. Situated between mag 10 SAO 10025 4.8' SW and a mag 13 star 3.8' NE.
18" (4/10/04): fairly faint, very small (viewed core only), 20" diameter. Fairly high surface brightness with a sharp, mag 14 stellar nucleus which easily stands out.