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NGC4805
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:55:24.3
Declination: +27:58:49
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 14.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 12.4
Observational
Summary description: vF
Sub-type: *
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 4805 is a star positively identified by Bigourdan's two observations. In
spite of the accuracy of his measurements, he comments that "... near it is a
star 13.4-13.5, but it's impossible to tell which direction it is from the
nebula's center." This must be the object itself as there is nothing else in
the area that he could have seen.
Bigourdan also comments, "This whole region is rich in vF nebulae." Since
the Coma Cluster is near, it isn't surprising that he saw many nebulae here.