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NGC4403

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:26:12.8
Declination: -7:41:5
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, E
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4403

17.5" (5/19/01): NGC 4403 is the preceding and fainter member of close pair with NGC 4404 just 0.9' NE.  Appears fairly faint, very elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE, 1.2'x0.4' with a brighter core.