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NGC3279
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 10:34:42.6
Declination: +11:11:49
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Todd
Year of discovery: 1878
Discovery aperture: 26.0
Observational
Summary description: F, mE
Sub-type: Scd
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 3279 = IC 622 is another of David Todd's nebular discoveries (No. 30) dug
out while searching for a "trans-Neptunian" planet. Todd has left us sketches
of all of his objects (see NGC 3604 for more), so the poor positions that he
also left can at least be used to get us into the right area of the sky.
In this case, Lewis Swift picked up the galaxy a dozen years after Todd (on
4.5 March 1878, Swift on 29 Jan 1890). Swift's position, for once, is not too
far off, though he notes a "9m * s" -- that star is actually north, and is the
one Todd labels "b" on his sketch.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3279
17.5" (4/13/91): faint, moderately large, edge-on 6:1 NW-SE, low even surface brightness. UGC 5737 lies 12' W.