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NGC3160

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:13:55.2
Declination: +38:50:34
Constellation: LMI
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, lE
Sub-type: S

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3160

18" (2/19/09): faint, edge-on 7:2 NW-SE, ~40"x12".  Located 4.9' N of NGC 3158 in a rich group and directly between a mag 12.5 star 1.5' SSW and a mag 11.5 star 2.2' NNE.  NGC 3152 lies 4' W.

17.5" (3/23/85): faint, small, edge-on NW-SE.  Member of NGC 3158 group with NGC 3158 4.7' S. 

13.1" (2/25/84): extremely faint, small.  Located 5' N of NGC 3158.