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NGC4380

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:25:22.1
Declination: +10:1:0
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, pL, R, lbM
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4380

17.5" (4/18/87): moderately bright, fairly large, fairly diffuse but gradually increases to a very small brighter core.  A mag 14 star is off the south end 2.4' from center.