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NGC 4869

NGC 4869, AGC 221285, LEDA 44587, MCG+05-31-065, II 388, h 1501, GC 3344

RA: 12h 59m 23.38s
Dec: +27° 54′ 40.7″

Con: Coma Berenices
Ch: MSA:653, U2:149, SA:7

Ref: SIMBAD

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Type: galaxy (radio), E...

Mag: B=14.9, V=?

Size: 0.851′ x 0.794′
PA: ?

Historical observations

William Herschel (c.1784)

Synonyms: H II-388

Discovered in 1785 by William Herschel with an 18.7-inch f/13 speculum telescope. He recorded both NGC 4869 & 4872, simply noting that there were two of them, and providing no further description in the "Catalogue of One Thousand New Nebulae and Clusters of Stars."

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Sulentic & Tifft (1973)

The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that this is a 15.0 mag galaxy. Their coded description reads E,R,BM,COMA.

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Brian Skiff

POSS: m13.5 * 17" NW. gx lies 4'.0 SW of -74.

30cm - beyond 13 * SW of -74 an equal distance. sm, brtr than -74; closely

assoc w/m14.5 * 15" NW of it. gx is 20" diam, reaching to assoc *. not

strongly concen. CBL, 18Jun1984, USNO.


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