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NGC4238

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:16:56.0
Declination: +63:24:38
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, iR, vglbM
Sub-type: Scd

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4238

17.5" (4/15/93): very faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE, 1.5'x0.5', low even surface brightness, no central concentration.