NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC4431
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:27:27.4
Declination: +12:17:26
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, cE, gbM
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4431
24" (5/29/14): fairly faint to moderately bright fairly small, elongated 3:2 N-S, 40"x25", broad concentration with a slightly brighter core. A mag 14.4 star is 1.2' E. First of three with fainter NGC 4436 3.8' NE and brighter NGC 4440 6.4' E.
13.1" (5/14/83): faint, very diffuse, slightly elongated. This galaxy is slightly brighter and larger than NGC 4436 4.0' ENE. NGC 4440 lies 6.5' E.