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NGC4742
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:51:48.0
Declination: -10:27:17
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, vS, vbMN = * 11, * 10 sf
Sub-type: E4
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4742
17.5" (3/23/85): moderately bright, small, bright stellar nucleus. A mag 12 star lies 1.3' SE of center. Situated 9' SE of ·1682, a bright unequal double star with components 6.4/9.7 at 30". In a group with NGC 4760 20' E and NGC 4781 38' E.