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NGC4881

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:59:57.9
Declination: +28:14:47
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, S, lE, * 9 sp
Sub-type: E0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4881.  Seen by d'A and Bigourdan; see NGC 4872.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4881

17.5" (4/21/90): faint, very small, round, bright core.  Located 5' E of mag 8.1 SAO 82596.  Forms a pair with NGC 4895 5.2' SE.  Located 15' N of the central core region of AGC 1656.