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NGC3151
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 10:13:29.0
Declination: +38:37:13
Constellation: LMI
Visual Magnitude: 13.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 12.4
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3151
18" (2/19/09): faint, small, slightly elongated, 20"x15", very small brighter core. Located 2' SW of a mag 12 star with four NGC galaxies close north including NGC 3150 2.3' N and NGC 3159 5' NE. Forms a close pair with 2MASX J10133377+3837055.
17.5" (3/23/85): fairly faint, very small, weak concentration. A mag 12 star is 2.0' NE. Forms a pair with NGC 3150 2.3' N. An extremely faint galaxy is 55" E of center (2MASXi J1013337+383705). Member of the NGC 3158 group.
13.1" (2/25/84): very faint, very small. Located just west of a star.