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NGC4388
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:25:46.9
Declination: +12:39:43
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, E, sf of 2
Sub-type: Sb
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 4388. See NGC 4407 = NGC 4413, and NGC 4443.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4388
24" (4/28/14): fairly bright, large, edge-on 4:1 E-W, well concentrated with a mottled, very bright core. Fairly sharp light cutoff on the south side (dust lane) of the core. Faint, stellar knots are at the west and east ends of the core.
17.5" (4/25/87): moderately bright, edge-on streak E-W, fairly large, brighter core, thin extensions. A faint mag 14.5 star lies 1.3' NE of center. Located 16' SE of M84 in the core of the Virgo cluster. On a line between IC 3303 8.4' WNW and NGC 4413 11.4' ESE.
13.1" (5/14/83): fairly bright, very elongated E-W.