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NGC4986

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 13:8:24.5
Declination: +35:12:19
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, R, stellar
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 4986 18" (6/4/05): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 0.7'x0.6'. A mag 14.5 star is superimposed just south of the nucleus.