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NGC4422

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:27:12.0
Declination: -5:49:49
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, R, psbM, 2 S st nr
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4422

18" (5/8/04): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 0.8' diameter.  Symmetric appearance as this round galaxy increases steadily to a small brighter core and stellar nucleus.