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NGC3209
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 10:20:38.5
Declination: +25:30:17
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: F, S, R, has a *
Sub-type: E2
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3209
17.5" (3/25/95): moderately bright, fairly small, round, 0.8' diameter. Sharp concentration with a very small prominent core and stellar nucleus. A mag 11 star is 3.0' W of center.
Forms a pair with MCG +04-25-004 4.7' ENE (noted as "very faint, very small, round. A mag 14.5 star is 1.2' NNE"). Brightest in a trio with UGC 5588 9.4' SSE (noted as "fairly faint, small, round, 30" diameter, weak concentration. Forms a small isosceles triangle with two mag 12 stars 1.0' SSW and 1.2' E of center. High surface brightness for a UGC galaxy").