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NGC4076

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 12:4:32.6
Declination: +20:12:16
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: vF, vS
Sub-type: Sab

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 4076. See NGC 4069.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 4076 24" (3/22/14): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 30" diameter, small slightly brighter core. Located 6.5' ESE of NGC 4065 (close pair with NGC 4061). NGC 4072 lies 4.4' W. 17.5" (3/28/87): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, diffuse. Located within the NGC 4065 cluster and the eighth galaxy in the field. LEDA 213924 lies 2' NE and appeared very faint, very small, round. Forms a right angle with NGC 4076 2.1' SW and a mag 13 star to the SE.