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NGC3064

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:55:41.4
Declination: -6:21:51
Constellation: SEX
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, E 45°
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3064

17.5" (3/25/00): very faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, low even surface brightness.  A distinctive group of mag 11-13 stars is roughly 5' NE.  The brighter mag 11 stars form a rectangle with a 13th magnitude star in the center.