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NGC3056
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 9:54:32.7
Declination: -28:17:54
Constellation: ANT
Visual Magnitude: 11.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: pB, S, R, vgmbM, * 11 att 204°
Sub-type: SB0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3056
17.5" (2/28/87): fairly faint, very small, bright core, very slightly elongated halo N-S. A mag 12.5 star is off the NE end.