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NGC4990
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:9:17.3
Declination: -5:16:21
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 11.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4990
17.5" (5/17/90): faint, extremely small, round, fairly high surface brightness, stellar nucleus. Forms a pair with NGC 4989 7.4' S.