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NGC4906

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:0:39.8
Declination: +27:55:26
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, * 15 p
Sub-type: E3

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4906

18" (4/20/12): at 322x appeared faint, small, round, 18" diameter.  A mag 14 star is close west, just 25" from the center.  Located 7.7' SE of NGC 4889 in the Coma cluster.

17.5" (4/21/90): very faint, very small, round.  A mag 14 star is just 25" W of center.  Located 7.6' SE of NGC 4889 in the core of AGC 1656.  IC 4041 lies 4.4' due north and IC 4042 2.9' NNE.