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NGC4880

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:0:10.5
Declination: +12:29:0
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.4

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: cF, pL, R, vglbM, r
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 4880

17.5" (4/4/92): moderately bright, fairly large, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, 3.0'x2.0', broad weak concentration with no core or nucleus, fairly low surface brightness.