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NGC4279

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:20:24.9
Declination: -11:39:58
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eeF, vS, R
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4279.  See NGC 4280.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4279

18" (5/8/04): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, very small brighter core.  Brighter of a close pair with NGC 4285 4' NE.  A couple of faint stars are between the two galaxies (these are possibly Swift's NGC 4280).