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NGC4229

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 12:16:38.7
Declination: +33:33:40
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: cF, vS, lE, psbM, nf of 2
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 4229 17.5": fairly faint, very small, slightly elongated N-S, bright core, fairly faint stellar nucleus. Fainter of a pair with NGC 4227 2.6' SSW.