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NGC3134
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 10:12:29.1
Declination: +12:22:37
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Todd
Year of discovery: 1878
Discovery aperture: 26.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, disc
Sub-type: S0
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 3134 is David Todd's number 21a, found during his search for "the trans-
Neptunian planet." It can be more or less confidently identified with Todd's
sketches, and his measurement of the separation between the galaxy and a star
("b" in his sketch; it is UCAC 512-048943 at 10 12 57.7 +12 22 50; J2000):
28.4 seconds of time. The only remaining problem is that another "star" in
the sketch just northeast of "b" is not on the sky; could it have been an
asteroid?
See NGC 3604 for more on Todd's observations.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3134
17.5" (3/29/97): faint, very small, consists of a 15" core with a faint very thin extension to the SW. The corresponding arm to the NE was not seen, so the appearance is asymmetric. This galaxy is listed as nonexistent in RNGC and not identified as NGC 3134 in MCG or CGCG. Identification from HC (Todd discovery).