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NGC4440
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:27:53.5
Declination: +12:17:36
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: B, pS, R, bM, r
Sub-type: SBa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4440
24" (5/29/14): fairly bright, fairly small, slightly elongated, 0.8'x0.6'. Sharply concentrated with a small, very bright core containing a bright stellar nucleus. Brightest in trio with NGC 4436 3.4' NW and NGC 4431 6.4' W. Nearly at the midpoint of mag 9.2 HD 108469 5.7' SW and mag 9.6 HD 108577 6.5' ENE.
13.1" (5/14/83): fairly faint, small, small bright core, diffuse fainter halo. Third of three with NGC 4436 3.2' NW and NGC 4431 6.5' W.