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NGC4020

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:58:56.8
Declination: +30:24:49
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, pL, E 19°.5, biN
Sub-type: SBcd

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4020

17.5" (5/4/02): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, 1.8'x0.9', broad concentration but no well-defined core.  A mag 10.5 star lies 3.1' WSW.