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NGC4686

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:46:39.7
Declination: +54:32:4
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pF, vS, vmE, vsmbM
Sub-type: Sa

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4686 is in the field of IC 3791 = NGC 4695.  See the story under the IC 
number for more.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4686

18" (6/28/03): fairly faint, very elongated 3:1 N-S, 1.0'x0.3', fairly sharp concentration with a small bright core.  Two mag 14 stars close NE are collinear with the core.  In a group of NGC galaxies and between NGC 4695 15' NW and NGC 4695 12' SE.