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NGC3152

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 10:13:34.1
Declination: +38:50:37
Constellation: LMI
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information


Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1854
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational


Summary description: eF, vS, iR, eF * close sp
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3152 18" (2/19/09): very faint, small, ~20"-22" diameter, weak concentration. A mag 15 star lies 44" NE. Located 4' W of brighter NGC 3160 and 5.7' NW of NGC 3158 in a small cluster. 17.5" (3/23/85): faint, small, round. A mag 15 star is off the NE edge 0.8' from center. NGC 3158 lies 5.5' SE and NGC 3160 4.1' E. Member of the NGC 3158 group. 13.1" (2/25/84): extremely faint, very small, round. Located 4' W of NGC 3160 and 5.5' NW of NGC 3158.