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NGC4629

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:42:32.7
Declination: -1:21:3
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: pB, pL, E, lbM, ? biN
Sub-type: Sm

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4629

17.5" (5/22/93): faint, round, 1.2' diameter, low surface brightness, weak concentration, diffuse halo.  Forms a pair with UGC 7883 10' NE.  Gamma Virgo = Porrima is just out of the field 15' SW.