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NGC3128

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 10:6:1.4
Declination: -16:7:22
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information


Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational


Summary description: eF, pL, mE 170°, lbM
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3128 18" (4/10/04): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 N-S, 0.8'x0.5'. The surface brightness appears irregular with a broadly concentrated core. The extensions are more difficult and require averted vision and seem patchy or knotty. Forms a pair with NGC 3127 5.6' E.