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NGC3150
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 10:13:26.2
Declination: +38:39:29
Constellation: LMI
Visual Magnitude: 14.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 12.4
Observational
Summary description: vF, S
Sub-type: S?
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3150
18" (2/19/09): very faint, small, round, 24" diameter, low surface brightness, very weak concentration. Located 2.3' NNW of NGC 3151 and 1.9' NW fo a mag 12 star. First of 7 (including NGC 3151/3159/3161/3163) in a small stream of galaxies about 7' N of NGC 3158.
17.5" (3/23/85): faint, small, slightly lower surface brightness than NGC 3151 2.3' S. A mag 12 star is 2.0' WSW and a mag 14 star is 1.8' NNW. Located within the NGC 3158 group.