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NGC3147

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:16:53.2
Declination: +73:24:1
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 10.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vB, L, R, vgvsvmbM
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3147

17.5" (2/8/91): bright, fairly large, slightly elongated 4:3 NW-SE.  Contains a very bright core with a stellar nucleus.  There is an impression of a dust lane to the west of the core.