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NGC3243

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:26:21.3
Declination: -2:37:20
Constellation: SEX
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, lE, bet 2 st
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3243

17.5" (3/29/97): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 40" diameter, moderate concentration to a very small brighter core and occasional stellar nucleus (possibly offset from center).  Located 1.5' SE of a mag 10.5 star and a similar star is 4' NNE.  IC 609 lies 27' NNW.