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NGC4188

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:14:7.4
Declination: -12:35:10
Constellation: CRV
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stone
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, pS
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4188

18" (5/8/04): faint, very small, round, 0.4' diameter.  A mag 14 star lies 30" N of center, barely off the north edge of the galaxy.  The star masks the galaxy a bit and it was not noticed initially.