4766
Cen
☀11.5mag
Ø 2.6' / 72''

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John Herschel discovered NGC 4767 = h3436 on 21 Apr 1835 and recorded "B; S; lE; psmbM; 25"."

400/500mm - 17.5" (2/28/87): moderately bright, fairly small, oval NW-SE, bright core. Located 26' N of n Centauri (V = 4.3) in the Centaurus cluster (AGC 3526).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb