NGC4381
                R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.            
        From South El Monte , NGC4381 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 23:50 (PST) and reaching an altitude of 42° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:11.
| 
                 
                    Name
                    NGC4381                 
             | 
            
                 
                    Object type
                    Duplicate catalogue entry for NGC4357                 
             | 
        
Position
        | Right ascension: | 12h23m [2] | 
| Declination: | +48°46' [2] | 
| Constellation: | Canes Venatici | 
| Distance: | 56.9 Mpc 185.3 Mlyr [1]  |