Object: Galaxy NGC 4242                         Constell: CVN

RA: 12h 17.50m          Decl: +45° 37.3'        Epoch: 2000
Mag: 10.8m (v)          Size: 5'x3.8'           Type: SAB(s)dm

Observer: Jere Kahanpää
Obs. place: Hartola, Finland
Date/Time: 21./22.4.1995, 00.00

Telescope: N 205/1000
Magn: 133x              Filter:
Field: 22'              NE Lim.mag: 6.0m
Background sky: 2       Seeing: 3 
Weather: Good. 0 °C, no Moon.      

Brightness: 4           Alt:    
Description: Low surface brightness. Easy at 40x. 133x: Faint
but easy with averted vision. Round. Very little concentrated. A
Br5 stellar core suspected. Diameter 3'. A mag. 14 star is
S, within the glow and a much brighter star (12m) 4' S.