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NGC4876
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:59:44.6
Declination: +27:54:44
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 14.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 12.4
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, no Nucl
Sub-type: E5
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 4876. See NGC 4875.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4876
18" (4/20/12): very faint, very small, slightly elongated, 18"x14". Forms a similar pair with NGC 4875, just 1.5' WSW. Situated 3.4' SE of NGC 4874 in the core of Coma cluster. A mag 14.9 star is 0.9' NW.
17.5" (4/21/90): very faint, very small, elongated N-S. Located in the core of AGC 1656 3.4' SE of NGC 4874. Third of three with NGC 4875 1.5' WSW and IC 3973 3.4' SE.
13" (4/29/84): extremely faint, very small, round. Located 4' SE of NGC 4874 in AGC 1656.