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NGC3043

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:56:14.4
Declination: +59:18:26
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cF, pS, lE, vgbM, * 10 n 7'
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3043

17.5" (3/12/88): moderately bright, fairly small, very elongated 5:2 WSW-ENE, 1.2'x0.5', small bright core.  Located 8' S of mag 7.9 SAO 27433.