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NGC4218

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 12:15:46.0
Declination: +48:7:54
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: vF, vS
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 4218 13.1" (4/12/86): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated NW-SE. Located 2.6' NW of mag 8.3 SAO 44096. NGC 4220 lies 16' SSE.