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NGC3068
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 9:58:40.1
Declination: +28:52:41
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 14.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: eeF, eS, stellar (?)
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3068
24" (3/28/17): at 260x; fairly faint, fairly small, contains a small bright core, ~15" diameter. The oval halo has a very low surface brightness and appears to extend ~25"x18" E-W.
NGC 3068 is the brighter of a close, interacting pair with NGC 3068 NED1 = PGC 87670 just 36" SE (between centers). The companion was extremely to very faint, round, only 10" diameter at most. Although I couldn't hold this compact galaxy continuously (V = 15.6), it was often visible. There was no sign of a connection between the pair or the long, diffuse tidal tail to the southwest.
17.5" (4/18/98): extremely faint, very small, round, 20" diameter (much smaller than listed dimensions). A mag 12.5 star is 2.8' N. No details were visible (viewed through thin clouds) and the fainter companion 35" SW was not seen.