NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
(This is a very very beta version)
NGC3162
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 10:13:31.5
Declination: +22:44:14
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 11.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pF, cL, R, vglbM, r, S * inv
Sub-type: SBbc
Corwin's Notes
=====
NGC 3162 = NGC 3575, which see.
Steve's Notes
=====
NGC 3162
17.5" (3/23/85): moderately bright, fairly small, pretty diffuse, weak broad concentration, faint stellar nucleus. A mag 13.5 star is 1.1' SE, a mag 10.5 star 3.4' W and a mag 11.5 star 3.7' NE. Located 1¡ SE of Zeta Leonis (V = 3.6).