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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

===== 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.