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NGC3125

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 10:6:33.2
Declination: -29:56:8
Constellation: ANT
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: cF, S, R, vgbM
Sub-type: E4

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 3125 appears to be a close double galaxy, though may be single with at least two -- possibly more -- bright knots. The nominal nucleus is coincident with the western component, while the eastern appears to be more diffuse. I've given positions for both of the objects -- whatever they are -- and list the mean for "NGC 3125" itself. After I wrote that, Courtney Seligman did a quick literature search for this galaxy and has found three papers that suggest that the bright knots are actually young star clusters with many supergiant stars, including Wolf-Rayet stars (see Wofford et al ApJ 781, 122, 2014; Hadfield and Crowther MNRAS 368, 1822, 2006; and Chandar et al ApJ 604, 153, 2004). Thus, these clusters are similar to well-known superassociations like NGC 2070 (30 Doradus) in the LMC and NGC 604 in M 33.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3125 17.5" (3/28/87): fairly faint, small, roundish, brighter core.