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NGC4640

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:42:57.8
Declination: +12:17:12
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, pL, lE, * nr p
Sub-type: SB?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4640

18" (4/29/06): very faint, moderately large, elongated ~3:2 ~E-W, 0.9'x0.6', low even surface brightness.  Located 3.4' NE of a mag 10.5-11 star.  NGC 4641 lies 14' S.