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NGC4859

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:59:1.9
Declination: +26:48:56
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, R
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4859

17.5" (5/14/94): faint, small, slightly elongated E-W, 0.6'x0.5', very weak concentration.  A mag 13.5 star is 1.8' SE.  Outlying member of AGC 1656.