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NGC3254

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 10:29:19.9
Declination: +29:29:32
Constellation: LMI
Visual Magnitude: 11.7

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: cB, L, mE 45°, psmbMN
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3254 17.5" (4/9/94): moderately bright, moderately large, edge-on 4:1 SW-NE, 3.0'x0.8', sharp concentration with small oval core surrounded by faint unconcentrated extensions, occasional very faint stellar nucleus. A mag 14 star is 2.9' W and a pair of mag 10 stars at 1.2' separation follows by 6'.