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NGC3233

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:21:57.5
Declination: -22:16:4
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, pL, iF, stell N
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3233

17.5" (4/13/02): faint, small, elongated nearly 2:1 NW-SE, 1.0'x0.6', irregular surface brightness.  There is possibly a very faint envelope surrounding the main bar.  Located 16' NNE of mag 6.5 HD 89828.