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NGC3024
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 9:50:27.3
Declination: +12:45:56
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: eF, pL, E, r
Sub-type: Sc
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 3024. See IC 567.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3024
24" (4/20/14): moderately bright and large, thin edge-on 4:1 NW-SE, bright very elongated core, 1.3'x0.3'. A mag 14 star is off the SE end (aligned with the major axis).
17.5" (3/23/85): fairly faint, thin edge-on NW-SE, 1.4'x0.3', brighter core. A mag 13.5 star is off the SE edge 1.4' from center. This galaxy is the third brightest of five in the NGC 3020 group. NGC 3020 lies 5.7' NW and NGC 3019 is 5' ESE.
13.1" (4/29/84): faint, fairly small, edge-on NW-SE. A mag 13.5 star is off the east edge.