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NGC3161
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 10:13:59.1
Declination: +38:39:28
Constellation: LMI
Visual Magnitude: 13.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 12.4
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS
Sub-type: E2
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3161
18" (2/19/09): very faint, very small, slightly elongated 20"x16", very small or stellar core. Sandwiched between NGC 3159 1.2' W and NGC 3163 1.6' E in the NGC 3158 cluster.
17.5" (3/23/85): this member in the NGC 3158 group is small and the faintest of three with close companions NGC 3159 1.2' W and NGC 3163 1.5' E. Even surface brightness and visible with direct vision.
13.1" (2/25/84): extremely faint, very small, round. Located between NGC 3159 and NGC 3163.