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NGC4420

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 12:26:58.4
Declination: +2:29:39
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: F, pL, lE, r (?=III 17)
Sub-type: SBbc

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 4420 = NGC 4409, which see. See also NGC 4910.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 4420 17.5" (3/24/90): moderately bright, moderately large, very elongated N-S, almost even surface brightness, nuclear bulge.