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NGC3120

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:5:22.8
Declination: -34:13:15
Constellation: ANT
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1838
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, pS, R, gbM
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3120

17.5" (4/1/00): fairly faint, moderately large, 1.0' diameter, slightly elongated, weakly concentrated.  A 20" pair of mag 12.5/13.5 stars are off the NW side 2' from center.  A brighter pair of stars is ~4' SW and the galaxy is nearly collinear with both pairs.  A mag 9.5 star (SAO 201047) lies 5.7' NE.