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NGC4520

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:33:49.9
Declination: -7:22:29
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, 2 vS st inv
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 4520 = IC 799, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4520

18" (4/9/05): faint, small, elongated 2:1 ~E-W.  A very faint star is at the western tip. The galaxy appears to have a very faint stellar nucleus or a second star is involved.  A mag 11.2 star is 3' NW.  NGC 4504 lies 20' SW.