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NGC4180

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:13:3.0
Declination: +7:2:22
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pF, S, lE 0° ±, r
Sub-type: Sab

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4180 is perhaps also NGC 4182, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4180

17.5" (3/24/90): moderately bright, fairly small, pretty edge-on SSW-NNE, small bright nuclear bulge, stellar nucleus.  NGC 4191 lies 15' NE.