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NGC3003

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:48:35.9
Declination: +33:25:19
Constellation: LMI
Visual Magnitude: 11.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: ! cB, L, vmE 90°
Sub-type: SBbc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3003 is a big, nearby, late-type spiral with a line of 4-5 knots in the
middle of a relatively faint bar.  The brightest knot is the western-most; it
may have a star superposed, or it may be the actual nucleus.  Whatever the
case, that is the knot I've taken as the nucleus of the galaxy.  I have given
positions for the second- and third-brightest as well, so if one of them turns 
out to be the actual nucleus, we still have the galaxy pinned down.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3003

24" (4/20/14): bright, large, very elongated 4:1 WSW-ENE, 4.0'x1.0', mottled appearance, slightly bulging brighter core and nucleus, brighter and patchy along the major axis with a couple of very small knots.  Nearly detached at the west end is a very low surface brightness patch that seems angled or extends beyond the major axis.  A mag 15.7 star is ~1' N of center.

13.1" (3/3/84): moderately bright, very elongated 7:2 WSW-ENE, 3.5'x1.0', almost even surface brightness.