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NGC3234

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 10:24:59.3
Declination: +28:1:27
Constellation: LMI
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: pB, pS, R, psbM (? = 2095)
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 3234 is almost certainly = NGC 3235. JH's position is exactly 1 degree north, and his description fits. Dreyer was the first to suggest the identity and his NGC note documents his idea. Unfortunately, his note in IC1 confuses the issue: "3234 is not = 3235; both seen by Denning." While I've not seen Denning's observation (it is not in his short paper about the circumpolar nebulae where he announces the discovery of several IC objects), I suspect that he must have picked up the two objects that d'A found: N3232 and N3234. There is certainly nothing nebulous at the nominal position for N3234, and the exact 1 degree error in JH's position argues convincingly for Dreyer's first interpretation.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3234 See observing notes for NGC 3235.