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NGC3053

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 9:55:33.6
Declination: +16:26:0
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, vlE, gbM
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3053 17.5" (3/29/89): fairly faint, oval NW-SE, bright core. A mag 14.5 star is 0.9' NE. Forms a pair with NGC 3048 8.7' WNW.