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NGC3070

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:58:6.9
Declination: +10:21:37
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pB, pS, R, gmbMN, am 3 st
Sub-type: E0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3070.  See IC 580.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3070

13.1" (4/10/86): fairly faint, small, round, prominent core, stellar nucleus.  Located 13' WSW of mag 7.7 SAO 98881.  Forms a pair with NGC 3069 5.0' NNW.