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NGC4806

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:56:12.4
Declination: -29:30:10
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, cS, R, gvlbM
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4806

18" (5/16/09): faint, diffuse glow, moderately large, irregularly round, 45"x40".  A kite-shaped asterism of 4 stars (one is a double) is close SW.