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NGC3159
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 10:13:52.8
Declination: +38:39:18
Constellation: LMI
Visual Magnitude: 13.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 12.4
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, stellar
Sub-type: E2
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3159
18" (2/19/09): faint to fairly taint, small, irregulaly round, 25"x20", very small bright core. First of three in a 2.8' E-W string with NGC 3161 and NGC 3163. MCG +07-21-019 lies 1.6' NW. Located 6.5' S of NGC 3158 in a small cluster.
17.5" (3/23/85): fairly faint, small, irregularly round, small bright core. This member of the NGC 3158 group is the first of three with NGC 3161 1.2' E and NGC 3163 2.7' E. NGC 3158 lies 6.7' NNW.
13.1" (2/25/84): faint, small, round. Third brightest in NGC 3158 group.