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NGC3240

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:24:30.9
Declination: -21:47:29
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R, * nr
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3240

17.5" (2/22/03): faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 E-W, 0.8'x0.6', weak concentration.  A mag 14 star is 0.8' SSE of center just outside the halo.