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NGC3157

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:11:42.4
Declination: -31:38:34
Constellation: ANT
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, E, * 8·9 sp
Sub-type: SBc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3157 = IC 2555, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3157

18" (4/10/04): very faint, thin edge-on 4:1 SW-NE, 0.8'x0.2', low even surface brightness.  Requires averted to glimpse once position pinpointed.  A mag 14.5-15 star is just off the east side of the center.  Located 4.5' N of a mag 9.0 HD 88480.