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NGC3171

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:15:36.8
Declination: -20:38:51
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stone
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R, gbM
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3171

17.5" (3/22/96): faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 N-S, 1.1'x0.8'.  Forms the west vertex of an equilateral triangle with two mag 13.5-14 stars 2.3' NE and 2.5' E.  Located 16' W of mag 6.6 SAO 178610.