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NGC4221

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:16:0.0
Declination: +66:13:53
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1832
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pB, S, R, psbM
Sub-type: SB0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4221.  See NGC 4512.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4221

17.5" (4/15/93): moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated, prominent core, stellar nucleus at moments, very faint larger halo slightly elongated SSW-NNE extends with averted to 1.5'-2.0'.  NGC 4210 lies 16' SSW.