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NGC3078

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 9:58:24.5
Declination: -26:55:34
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 11.1

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: pB, S, R, mbM
Sub-type: E3

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3078 17.5" (2/28/87): moderately bright, fairly small, very bright core, slightly elongated halo, stellar nucleus. NGC 3084 is 15' SSE.