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NGC3118

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 10:7:11.4
Declination: +33:1:38
Constellation: LMI
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information


Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational


Summary description: S group of vF st in vF neb
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3118 17.5" (4/25/92): very faint, fairly small, edge-on 5:1 SW-NE, 1.5'x0.3', very low almost even surface brightness.