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NGC4202

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:18:8.5
Declination: -1:3:50
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Todd
Year of discovery: 1878
Discovery aperture: 26.0

Observational

Summary description: F, irr, cometary, F * 1' nf
Sub-type: Sbc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4202.  David Todd's published article has a sketch of the field of this 
galaxy that unambiguously identifies it with UGC 7337.  It is his number (18).
The RC3 is correct; RNGC is not.  

See NGC 3604 for more about Todd's search for "the trans-Neptunian planet."

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4202

17.5" (3/20/93): very faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 WNW-ENE, low even surface brightness.  A mag 13.5 star is 2.0' NNE of center.