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NGC4643

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 12:43:20.1
Declination: +1:58:41
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 10.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cB, pS, lE, mbM
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4643

17.5" (3/24/90): fairly bright, moderately large, oval NW-SE, prominent core.  Three mag 11-14 stars lie northwest, the closest is a mag 11.5 star 2.4' NW of center.