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Proper Name	None
Messier Number	None
NGC/IC Number	IC 4418
Constellation	Boötes
Right Ascension	14h 25m 27s
Declination	+25° 31' 34"
Distance	c.494,500,000 light years c.151,600,000 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +14.3 Absolute: -21.6
Diameter	Apparent: 0.6' x 0.4' Actual: c.86,000 x 58,000 light years
Hubble Type	E3 Elliptical
Optimum Visibility	May
Notes	This elliptical galaxy in the central parts of Boötes has a bright nucleus and glows with an orange-yellow colouration. It lies close by another galaxy in the sky, the barred spiral IC 4420, but the two are unrelated; IC 4418 is almost twice as far from the Milky Way as its apparent neighbour.

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