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NGC4201

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:14:41.9
Declination: -11:35:0
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, eS, R, bMN
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4201

18" (5/8/04): faint, small, slightly elongated ~E-W, 0.5'x0.4', weak concentration to a very small brighter core.  An extremely faint halo was suspected.  A mag 13.5 star lies 0.8' S of center.