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NGC3038

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:51:15.3
Declination: -32:45:13
Constellation: ANT
Visual Magnitude: 11.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pB, pS, R
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3038

18" (3/17/07): fairly bright, fairly large, oval 3:2 NW-SE, ~1.8'x1.2', large bright core, very faint halo, brighter quasi-stellar nucleus.  Three IC galaxies lie to the west with IC 2513 the closest at 17' SW.

17.5" (3/28/87): moderately bright, slightly elongated oval WSW-ENE, fairly small, bright core.