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Proper Name	None
Messier Number	None
NGC/IC Number	IC 4420
Constellation	Boötes
Right Ascension	14h 25m 39s
Declination	+25° 22' 42"
Distance	c.184,000,000 light years c.56,400,000 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +15.4 Absolute: -18.96
Diameter	Apparent: 0.7' Actual: 48,100 light years
Hubble Type	SBc barred spiral
Optimum Visibility	May
Notes	A faint and distant galaxy with a pair of spiral arms extending out from its nucleus, IC 4420 is an emission-line galaxy, whose spectral signature implies that it contains stellar nurseries in which hot young stars are being formed.

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