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NGC3029

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 9:48:53.8
Declination: -8:3:4
Constellation: SEX
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: pF, pS, R
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3029 17.5" (2/1/03): very faint, fairly small, slightly elongated SW-NE, 0.7'x0.5', very low surface brightness. Located 4.5' E of a mag 11 star. Collinear with two mag 13 star to the NE.