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NGC4863

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.