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NGC3130
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 10:8:12.3
Declination: +9:58:36
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1828
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: eF, S, psbM, * 5 sf
Sub-type: S0-a
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 3130. There is nothing wrong with the position of the galaxy in the NGC,
but the note in the description "* 5 sf" needs to read "* 5 np". JH has this
in his 1833 catalogue: "... follows 31 Leonis 16s.5, and is 1' 40" s of it";
this is correct. But the GC reads, "... 31 Leon sf 100" ".
I take all this to mean that both JH and Dreyer were moving quickly through
their cataloguing chores -- in this case, quickly enough to get the
orientation of the star and the galaxy confused.
I can empathize.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3130
13.1" (4/10/86): fairly faint, small, round, weak concentration. The visibility of this galaxy is hindered by 31 Leonis (V = 4.6) just 4.7' WNW.