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NGC4715

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:49:57.8
Declination: +27:49:22
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4715

18" (5/8/04): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 0.8' diameter, weak even concentration to a small brighter core.  A mag 13/14.5 double at 28" separation lies 4' S.  Outlying member of AGC 1656.