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NGC3168
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 10:16:23.0
Declination: +60:14:6
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1832
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: F, psbM, stellar, * 7ยท8 np 5'
Sub-type: E1
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3168
17.5" (3/12/88): fairly faint, very small, round, small bright core. Located 5.6' NE of mag 6.8 SAO 15131. Brightest of a trio with UGC 5542 4.8' NE (noted as "faint, very small, round, small bright core") and CGCG 290-021 5' NNW (noted as "faint, very small, round. Two mag 9.5/10 stars are near").