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