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NGC4687

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:47:23.8
Declination: +35:21:7
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, psbM
Sub-type: E1

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4687

16" LX200 (4/14/07): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, 0.5'x0.4', slightly brighter quasi-stellar nucleus.  Forms the SW vertex of an isosceles triangle with two mag 13 stars 5.7' NE and 5.8' ENE.  NGC 4711 lies 17' E.