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Proper Name	None
Messier Number	None
NGC/IC Number	NGC 4147
Constellation	Coma Berenices
Right Ascension	12h 10m 6s
Declination	+18° 32' 32"
Distance	c.58,700 light years c.18,000 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +10.31 Absolute: -6.2
Diameter	Apparent: 10' Actual: c.170 light years
Optimum Visibility	April
Notes	This cluster of stars is not associated with the Milky Way's main halo of globular clusters, and appears to have been captured from another galaxy, probably the nearby Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy.

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