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NGC4863
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:59:42.5
Declination: -14:1:46
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3
Observational
Summary description: eF, S, mE 45°, sbMN
Sub-type: S0-a
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 4863. See NGC 4862.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4863
24" (6/1/13): at 282x appeared fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 7:2 SSW-NNE, 1.1'x0.3', well concentrated with a very small, well-defined, small bright nucleus. NGC 4862 lies 6.8' SW.
18" (5/15/10): at 285x appeared faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 SSW-NNE, 40"x18", fairly low evens surface brightness. A mag 15 star lies 1' SE of center.