NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

(This is a very very beta version)

NGC3044

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:53:40.8
Declination: +1:34:46
Constellation: SEX
Visual Magnitude: 11.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, vL, vmE 122°
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

=====

NGC 3044

17.5" (2/8/91): fairly bright, large, edge-on 6:1 WNW-ESE, dimensions 3.5'x0.5', broadly concentration but does not contain a well-defined core.

13.1" (4/10/86): very pretty, very thin edge-on streak at 166x-214x, moderately large, brighter middle.