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NGC4736
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:50:53.1
Declination: +41:7:17
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 8.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Mechain
Year of discovery: 1781
Discovery aperture: 3.0
Observational
Summary description: vB, L, iR, vsvmbMBN, r
Sub-type: Sab
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 4736 = M 94. Wolf includes a good position for this in his fifth list,
but cites neither the Messier nor NGC numbers. He does have a footnote,
though, identifying the object as "A.G. Bonn 8688." The galaxy's nucleus is
indeed bright enough and small enough that it could be measured precisely and
included in the star catalogue.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4736
13.1" (4/12/86): very bright, very impressive, fairly large, oval WNW-ESE, very bright core containing a stellar nucleus.