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NGC4243

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:17:24.3
Declination: -9:57:6
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: pB, eS, pB * close p
Sub-type: E1

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4243 = NGC 4240.  Swift's declination is 1 deg 22 arcmin too far south,
but his description makes it entirely clear which object he saw.  There are no
other galaxies in the area with a similarly bright star just 30 arcsec west.

Tempel and Common described the galaxy/star pair the same way.  Tempel 
actually saw the object on four different nights, finally measuring it on 24
May 1881.  This is position that Dreyer adopted for the NGC 4240 entry.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4243

See observing notes for NGC 4240.