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NGC4642

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:43:17.6
Declination: -0:38:42
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, cS, E
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4642

17.5" (2/28/87): fairly faint, elongated SSW-NNE, fairly small.  A mag 15 star is involved at the NE end.  Forms a pair with NGC 4653 10' NE near the edge of the 220x field.