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NGC3126
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 10:8:20.6
Declination: +31:51:49
Constellation: LMI
Visual Magnitude: 12.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 11.0
Observational
Summary description: F, S, lE, N = * 15
Sub-type: Sb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3126
17.5" (4/9/94): fairly faint, moderately large, edge-on 5:1 WNW-ESE, 2.0'x0.4', faint thin arms, fairly well-defined round core. A mag 11 star is 4.7' N of center. Located 15' N of mag 6.2 SAO 61882.