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<td>18.5 (pre-nova)<sup id="cite_ref-Sion2010_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sion2010-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />4.6 (max during nova)<sup id="cite_ref-Whitelock1987_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitelock1987-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />16.5 (2010)<sup id="cite_ref-Sion2010_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sion2010-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #FFFFC0; text-align: center;" colspan="2">Characteristics </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <th style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Variable_star" title="Variable star">Variable type</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Nova" title="Nova">nova</a><sup id="cite_ref-Whitelock1987_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitelock1987-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr><th style="background-color: #FFFFC0; text-align: center;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Astrometry" title="Astrometry">Astrometry</a></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align: center"></th></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Distance_(astronomy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Distance (astronomy)">Distance</a></b></td><td><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7003449800000000000♠"></span>4498<span style="margin-left:0.3em;"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:85%;text-align:right;">+391<br />−254</span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Schaefer2018_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schaefer2018-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Light-year" title="Light-year">ly</a> <br />(<span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7003137900000000000♠"></span>1379<span style="margin-left:0.3em;"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:85%;text-align:right;">+120<br />−78</span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Schaefer2018_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schaefer2018-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Parsec" title="Parsec">pc</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Absolute_magnitude" title="Absolute magnitude">Absolute magnitude</a> (M<sub>V</sub>)</b></td><td>−7.5 (max during nova)<sup id="cite_ref-Whitelock1987_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitelock1987-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align: center"></th></tr> <tr><th style="background-color: #FFFFC0; text-align: center;" colspan="2">Details</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align: center"></th></tr><tr style="vertical-align:baseline;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Stellar_mass" title="Stellar mass">Mass</a></b></td><td>0.88<sup id="cite_ref-Luna2012_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luna2012-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Solar_mass" title="Solar mass"><var>M</var><sub>☉</sub></a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align: center"></th></tr> <tr><th style="background-color: #FFFFC0; text-align: center;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Star_catalogue" title="Star catalogue">Other designations</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><div style="width: 250px;"> Nova Centauri 1986, <a href="/wiki/AAVSO" class="mw-redirect" title="AAVSO">AAVSO</a> 1428-57, Gaia DR2 5891405647833287296 </div></td></tr><tr><th style="background-color: #FFFFC0; text-align: center;" colspan="2">Database references</th></tr><tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/SIMBAD" title="SIMBAD">SIMBAD</a></b></td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=V842+Centauri">data</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:V842CenLightCurve.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/V842CenLightCurve.png/220px-V842CenLightCurve.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/V842CenLightCurve.png/330px-V842CenLightCurve.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/V842CenLightCurve.png/440px-V842CenLightCurve.png 2x" data-file-width="2945" data-file-height="1890" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Light_curve" title="Light curve">light curve</a> of V842 Centauri, plotted from <a href="/wiki/AAVSO" class="mw-redirect" title="AAVSO">AAVSO</a> data</figcaption></figure> <p><b>V842 Centauri</b>, also known as <b>Nova Centauri 1986</b>, was a <a href="/wiki/Nova" title="Nova">nova</a> which occurred in 1986 in the constellation <a href="/wiki/Centaurus" title="Centaurus">Centaurus</a>. It was discovered by <a href="/wiki/Robert_H._McNaught" title="Robert H. McNaught">Robert H. McNaught</a> of <a href="/wiki/Siding_Spring_Observatory" title="Siding Spring Observatory">Siding Spring Observatory</a> in Australia, on 22 November 1986. At the time of its discovery, it had an <a href="/wiki/Apparent_magnitude" title="Apparent magnitude">apparent magnitude</a> of 5.6. It reached a peak magnitude of 4.6 one and a half days later, making it easily visible to the naked eye.<sup id="cite_ref-whit_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whit-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>V842 Centauri is considered a moderately fast nova, having faded by 3 magnitudes after 48 days.<sup id="cite_ref-Whitelock1987_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitelock1987-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Near the end of 1986, and early in 1987, its light curve showed a sharp drop in brightness, caused by the formation of dust. This dramatic fading lasted only about 50 days, before the nova brightened by about 2.5 magnitudes.<sup id="cite_ref-smit_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smit-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2010, it had faded to magnitude 16.5, but was still 2 magnitudes brighter than before the nova eruption.<sup id="cite_ref-Sion2010_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sion2010-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From its shell's expansion velocity, it is estimated to be at a distance of 1.5 <a href="/wiki/Parsec" title="Parsec">kpc</a> (4900 light-years) from Earth.<sup id="cite_ref-Tomov2015_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tomov2015-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another method, based on the system's <a href="/wiki/Extinction_(astronomy)" title="Extinction (astronomy)">extinction</a> rate, gives a similar distance of 1.65 ± 0.54 kpc.<sup id="cite_ref-Özdönmez2016_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Özdönmez2016-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was observed by the <a href="/wiki/Gaia_(spacecraft)" title="Gaia (spacecraft)">Gaia spacecraft</a>, which measured a distance of 1.38 (+0.120, -0.078) kpc.<sup id="cite_ref-Schaefer2018_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schaefer2018-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The mass of the white dwarf in V842 Centauri is estimated at 0.88 <a href="/wiki/Solar_mass" title="Solar mass">solar masses</a>. The system is likely seem from a low <a href="/wiki/Inclination" class="mw-redirect" title="Inclination">inclination</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Luna2012_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luna2012-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An expanding <a href="/wiki/Nebula" title="Nebula">nebula</a> has been detected around V842 Centauri, formed by material ejected during the nova. It has two components, with diameters of 3.6" and 10.6", corresponding to material with different densities and expansion velocities.<sup id="cite_ref-Tomov2015_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tomov2015-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 2009 <a href="/wiki/Photometry_(astronomy)" title="Photometry (astronomy)">photometric</a> study of V842 Centauri found a possible 57 seconds period in the system's <a href="/wiki/Light_curve" title="Light curve">light curve</a>, which was interpreted as the white dwarf's rotation period. An <a href="/wiki/Orbital_period" title="Orbital period">orbital period</a> of 3.94 hours was calculated from variations of this period. V842 Centauri was then classified as an <a href="/wiki/Intermediate_polar" title="Intermediate polar">intermediate polar</a>, with the third fastest rotation period for a cataclismic system.<sup id="cite_ref-Woudt2009_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woudt2009-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, two later studies revealed problems with this classification.<sup id="cite_ref-Luna2012_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luna2012-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sion2010_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sion2010-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1995, observations with the 3.9 meter <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Australian_Telescope" title="Anglo-Australian Telescope">Anglo-Australian Telescope</a> detected a very small (~1.5 arc second diameter) <a href="/wiki/Nova_remnant" title="Nova remnant">nova remnant</a> shell surrounding V842 Centauri.<sup id="cite_ref-gill_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gill-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By March 1998 the shell had expanded to 5.6 × 6.0 arc seconds.<sup id="cite_ref-down_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-down-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V842_Centauri&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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title="Tau Centauri">τ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upsilon1_Centauri" title="Upsilon1 Centauri">υ<sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upsilon2_Centauri" title="Upsilon2 Centauri">υ<sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phi_Centauri" title="Phi Centauri">φ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chi_Centauri" title="Chi Centauri">χ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psi_Centauri" title="Psi Centauri">ψ</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/Flamsteed_designation" title="Flamsteed designation">Flamsteed</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Centauri" title="1 Centauri">1 (i)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Centauri" title="2 Centauri">2 (g)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3_Centauri" title="3 Centauri">3 (k)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4_Centauri" title="4 Centauri">4 (h)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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121474">5241</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_123569" title="HD 123569">5297</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_125288" title="HD 125288">5358 (v)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_125628" title="HD 125628">5371</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_129116" title="HD 129116">5471 (b)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_129456" title="HD 129456">5485 (c<sup>1</sup>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_129685" title="HD 129685">5489 (c<sup>2</sup>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Draper_Catalogue" title="Henry Draper Catalogue">HD</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HD_97413" title="HD 97413">97413</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_98176" title="HD 98176">98176</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_100453" title="HD 100453">100453</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_101930" title="HD 101930">101930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_102117" title="HD 102117">102117 (Uklun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_103197" title="HD 103197">103197</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_107914" title="HD 107914">107914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_108236" title="HD 108236">108236</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_109749" title="HD 109749">109749</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_110113" title="HD 110113">110113</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_113538" title="HD 113538">113538</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_113766" title="HD 113766">113766</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_114386" title="HD 114386">114386</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_114729" title="HD 114729">114729</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_115600" title="HD 115600">115600</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIP_65426" class="mw-redirect" title="HIP 65426">116434</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_117207" title="HD 117207">117207</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_117618" title="HD 117618">117618 (Dofida)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_121228" title="HD 121228">121228</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_121504" title="HD 121504">121504</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_124448" title="HD 124448">124448</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_125072" title="HD 125072">125072</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_125595" title="HD 125595">125595</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_131399" title="HD 131399">131399</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2MASS_J11263991%E2%88%925003550" title="2MASS J11263991−5003550">2MASS J1126−5003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2M1207" title="2M1207">2M1207</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaia_BH2" title="Gaia BH2">Gaia BH2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GJ_3737" class="mw-redirect" title="GJ 3737">GJ 3737</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J1407b" title="J1407b">J1407b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PSR_B1259%E2%88%9263/LS_2883" title="PSR B1259−63/LS 2883">PSR B1259−63/LS 2883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PSR_J1311%E2%80%933430" title="PSR J1311–3430">PSR J1311–3430</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WASP-15" title="WASP-15">WASP-15 (Nyamien)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WASP-41" title="WASP-41">WASP-41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WASP-42" title="WASP-42">WASP-42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CD%E2%88%9234_8618" title="CD−34 8618">WASP-167/KELT-13</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Exoplanets" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:151px;background: #ddddff;"><a href="/wiki/Exoplanet" title="Exoplanet">Exoplanets</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2M1207b" title="2M1207b">2M1207b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B_Centauri_b" title="B Centauri b">b Centauri b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_102117_b" title="HD 102117 b">HD 102117 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_103197_b" title="HD 103197 b">HD 103197 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_109749_b" title="HD 109749 b">HD 109749 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_101930_b" title="HD 101930 b">HD 101930 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_113538_b" title="HD 113538 b">HD 113538 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_113538_c" title="HD 113538 c">c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_114386_b" title="HD 114386 b">HD 114386 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_114729_b" title="HD 114729 b">HD 114729 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_117207_b" title="HD 117207 b">HD 117207 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_117618_b" title="HD 117618 b">HD 117618 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_121504_b" title="HD 121504 b">HD 121504 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIP_65426_b" title="HIP 65426 b">HIP 65426 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIP_67522_b" title="HIP 67522 b">HIP 67522 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proxima_Centauri_b" title="Proxima Centauri b">Proxima Centauri b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proxima_Centauri_c" title="Proxima Centauri c">c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proxima_Centauri_d" title="Proxima Centauri d">d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WASP-15b" title="WASP-15b">WASP-15b</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Star_clusters" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:151px;background: #ddddff;"><a href="/wiki/Star_cluster" title="Star cluster">Star clusters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IC_2944" title="IC 2944">IC 2944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3766" title="NGC 3766">NGC 3766</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4230" title="NGC 4230">NGC 4230</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5286" title="NGC 5286">NGC 5286</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5281" title="NGC 5281">NGC 5281</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5316" title="NGC 5316">NGC 5316</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5460" title="NGC 5460">NGC 5460</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5617" title="NGC 5617">NGC 5617</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5662" title="NGC 5662">NGC 5662</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omega_Centauri" title="Omega Centauri">ω</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scorpius%E2%80%93Centaurus_association" title="Scorpius–Centaurus association">Scorpius–Centaurus association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stock_16" title="Stock 16">Stock 16</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Nebulae" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:151px;background: #ddddff;"><a href="/wiki/Nebula" title="Nebula">Nebulae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boomerang_Nebula" title="Boomerang Nebula">Boomerang Nebula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleming_1" title="Fleming 1">Fleming 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G292.0%2B01.8" title="G292.0+01.8">G292.0+1.8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IC_2944" title="IC 2944">IC 2944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3918" title="NGC 3918">NGC 3918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5307" title="NGC 5307">NGC 5307</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RCW_79" title="RCW 79">RCW 79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Crab_Nebula" title="Southern Crab Nebula">Southern Crab Nebula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SN_185" title="SN 185">SN 185</a> <small>(RCW 86)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SuWt_2" title="SuWt 2">SuWt 2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:55px"><a href="/wiki/Galaxy" title="Galaxy">Galaxies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/New_General_Catalogue" title="New General Catalogue">NGC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3783" title="NGC 3783">3783</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4444" title="NGC 4444">4444</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4603" title="NGC 4603">4603</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4622" title="NGC 4622">4622</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4650A" title="NGC 4650A">4650A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4683" title="NGC 4683">4683</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4696" title="NGC 4696">4696</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4706" title="NGC 4706">4706</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4709" title="NGC 4709">4709</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4729" title="NGC 4729">4729</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4730" title="NGC 4730">4730</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4743" title="NGC 4743">4743</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4744" title="NGC 4744">4744</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4945" title="NGC 4945">4945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4976" title="NGC 4976">4976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5011" title="NGC 5011">5011</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5011A" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 5011A">A</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5026" title="NGC 5026">5026</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5090_and_NGC_5091" title="NGC 5090 and NGC 5091">5090</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5090_and_NGC_5091" title="NGC 5090 and NGC 5091">5091</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5102" title="NGC 5102">5102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5114" title="NGC 5114">5114</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centaurus_A" title="Centaurus A">5128 (Centaurus A)</a></li> 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