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NGC3071

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:58:52.9
Declination: +31:37:15
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 14.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Palisa
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 12.0

Observational

Summary description: Neb * 13 m
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3071

18" (3/11/07): very faint, extremely small, round, 0.2' diameter (core region?), very faint stellar nucleus with direct vision.  Located 33' SW of 5.4-magnitude 20 Leonis Majoris.  Forms a pair with very compact CGCG 153-009 6.8' NE.