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NGC4470

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:29:37.9
Declination: +7:49:26
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, pL, iR, bM
Sub-type: Sa

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4470 = NGC 4610, which see.  This may also be IC 3281 (which also see), 
but that is extremely unlikely.  It is certainly not IC 3417 (which finally 
see) -- that is a star 2.3 arcmin north of the galaxy.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4470

17.5" (4/18/87): moderately bright, fairly small, oval N-S, pretty even surface brightness.  Located 14' SSW of M49.