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NGC4812

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:56:52.6
Declination: -41:48:49
Constellation: CEN
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R, gbM, f of 2
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4812

14" (4/2/16 - Coonabarabran, 160x): slightly fainter of a close pair with NGC 4811 1' N.  Fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, 0.6'x0.3', sharply concentrated with a small bright core and stellar nucleus.  Located 6' N of mag 8.2 HD 112404 in a fairly rich star field.