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NGC4801

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:54:37.6
Declination: +53:5:26
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, lE
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4801

18" (6/27/03): very faint, very small [core only viewed], irregularly round, 0.5'x0.4', low surface brightness.  A fairly even pair [47"] of mag 12/13 stars lie 7' WSW.