NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC4626
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:42:25.4
Declination: -7:2:41
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, cS, lE, glbM
Sub-type: Sbc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4626
17.5" (5/22/93): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE. A mag 14 star is 1.5' SSE. Forms a similar pair (size, elongation and position angle) with NGC 4628 5' N but has an almost even and lower surface brightness.