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NGC4404

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:26:16.1
Declination: -7:40:49
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, E
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4404

17.5" (5/19/01): this is the following member of a close pair with NGC 4404 just 0.9' SW.  Moderately bright, round, fairly small, 0.8'x0.6' SW-NE.  Contains a sharp, brighter core.  Although smaller than NGC 4403 this galaxy is the brighter of the pair with a higher surface brightness.