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NGC4721

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:50:19.8
Declination: +27:19:29
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 14.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, ? R
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4721

18" (4/10/04): faint, small edge-on WNW-ESE, 0.6'x0.2', very small brighter nucleus.  Forms a pair with brighter NGC 4721, 6.8' NNE.  A mag 11 star lies 3.6' NNE, midway between NGC 4721 and NGC 4728.