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NGC3042

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:53:20.2
Declination: +0:41:52
Constellation: SEX
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: pB, S, vlE, gbM
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3042

17.5" (2/8/91): fairly faint, very small, elongated 2:1 ~E-W, very small bright core, very faint extensions from core.  A mag 13 star is 1.3' SW of core.