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NGC4860
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:59:4.0
Declination: +28:7:24
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 11.0
Observational
Summary description: pF, S, R, f of D neb
Sub-type: E2
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4860
18" (4/20/12): at 322x appeared fairly faint, fairly small, oval 4:3 NW-SE, small bright core, 0.4'x0.3'. Very close pair with NGC 4858 38" SW. Located 12' NW of NGC 4874 and 7' NW of mag 7.1 HD 112887.
17.5" (4/21/90): faint, small, round, bright core. Forms a close pair with NGC 4858 34" SW within AGC 1656. IC 4943 lies 5' W and NGC 4865 4.2' SE almost at the midpoint on line with mag 7.2 SAO 82595 7.2' SE.
13" (5/14/83): faint, very small, round. Located 4' NW of NGC 4865.