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NGC3016
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 9:49:50.6
Declination: +12:41:43
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1854
Discovery aperture: 72.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, R, p of 2
Sub-type: Sb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3016
24" (4/20/14): moderately to fairly bright, oval 4:3 WSW-ENE, 0.8'x0.6', contains a relatively large, very bright core that increases to the center. NGC 3019 lies 5.0' NE and CGCG 063-075 is 3.2' SW. The latter galaxy appeared very faint and small, round, 12", low even surface brightness.
17.5" (3/23/85): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, weak concentration. Second brightest of five in the NGC 3020 group. NGC 3019 lies 5.4' NE and NGC 3020 is 8.2' NNE.
13.1" (4/29/84): fairly faint, small, round, almost even surface brightness.